NDLI: SwisTrack: A Tracking Tool for Multi-Unit Robotic and Biological Systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Correll, N. Sempo, G. Lopez de Meneses, Y. Halloy, J. Denebourg, J-L. Martinoli, A.
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	Tracking of miniature robotic platforms involves major challenges in image recognition and data association. We present our 2.5 years effort into developing a platform-independent, easy to use, and robust tracking software SwisTrack, which is tailored to research in swarm robotics and behavioral biology. We demonstrate the software and algorithm's abilities using two case studies, tracking of a swarm of cockroaches, and a swarm-robotic inspection task, while outlining hard problems in tracking and data-association of marker-less objects. Its open, platform-independent architecture, and easy-to-use interfaces (Matlab, Java, and C++), allowing for (distributed) post-processing of trajectory data online, make the software highly adaptive to particular research projects without changes to the source code. SwisTrack will be publicly available shortly under the OSI Adaptive License via SourceForge.net.
Starting Page	8
Ending Page	8
File Size	707965
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424402581
DOI	10.1109/IROS.2006.282299
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-10-09
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Robots Biological systems Image recognition Robustness Software algorithms Inspection Computer architecture Java Open source software Open systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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