Robot
Navigation
Last update:
7/5/08
Robot
Navigation is a very quickly developing field in the science
of robotics. It is becoming more and more important to be
able to determine with exactitude the position of a robot
in its environment, as well as to manage all the related
mechanical, electronic and software issues.
Mastering some robot navigation techniques is crucial for
your success in a robotics competition, a research project
or any application that involves mobile robots. |
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 Articles,
Tutorials &
Projects
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Line
tracking sensors and algorithms
Line tracking is a very important notion in the world
of robotics as it give to the robot a precise, error-less
and easy to implement navigation scheme. In this tutorial,
I am going to rely on the experience achieved by building
the line sensors of the robots that participated to the
robocon 2007 competition. |
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A
dead reckoning robot: WFR
The aim of the project is simple: Build a robot that moves
in any required direction, while keeping record of it's
actual position and angle with respect to a reference
starting point but without any lines or ground marks to
guide the robot. This data will be then be displayed on
an LCD display. |
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Mini
Line follower robot
This small line follower robot, was designed to be easily
built at home without any special equipment, and using
a minimum number of mechanical parts. However, it's an
interesting project where you can practice with different
possible line following schemes and learn how to enhance
the performance of your robot. |
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Small
robots drive trains
This tutorial Aims to introduce the different techniques
used to build the chassis and drive trains of relatively
small robots, explaining how to the implement your designs
using material and equipment at the reach of any average
level hobbyist. |
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 Video
clips: Robot Navigation on a grid
This set of video clips shows the progress in the development
of line following robot, in a grid of vertical and horizontal
lines. The robot being filmed is the winner of the Robocon
2007 competition in Egypt, and even traveled to vietnam
for the international competition! |
Outside
links /
Sponsored Links
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Ericson
Mar's Robotics Homepage: A lot of interresting robotics
projects.
RobotCafe:
Interesting robotics directory of sites and blogs.
OrionRobots:
An active robotics comunity, Blogs, Forums, News and projects.
Latest
related forum topics
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Reviewed
related books
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Building
robot drive trains, Denis
Clark
IF you don't know from where to start to build robots,
specially the chassis and drive trains, this book is what
you need.
It goes through all the theoretical aspects that you may
need, and show how to implement it in the real world with
a lot of schematics and illustrations.
It also explains some electronics related to the controlling
of DC, Servo and stepper motors. It have been 3 years
I use this book as a reference in all my robotics project. |
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Intelligent
Mobile Robot Navigation, Federico
Cuesta & Aníbal Ollero
The unique feature of this book lies in its comprehensive
treatment of the problem, from the theoretical development
of the various schemes down to the implementation of algorithms
on mobile robot prototypes.
As such, the book targets different domains ranging from
mobile robots to intelligent transportation systems, from
automatic control to artificial intelligence. |
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another interresting book.
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