Autonomy of a mobile robot can only be achieved if it independently deals with obstacles. This article discusses an experience of autonomously opening doors by the Russian crawler rescue robot Servosila Engineer. A door and handle detection is based on the YOLO v3 algorithm. The robot motion and stopping at a predefined distance are guided by a laser range finder. After gripping the door handle, t...Show More
For a typical indoor environment, a seamless navigation could be achieved only under the condition that a robot is capable to interact with standard obstacles of a human-centered environment, including a successful negotiation with various types of doors. In this paper the Russian crawler robot Servosila Engineer was used for modelling a door handle detection procedure within the Gazebo simulator....Show More
