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Pathplanning and control of an autonomous robot vehicle with a manipulator

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Abstract

An autonomous mobile robot is presented. It consists of two parts: a mobile vehicle underneath a robotarm with DOF 5. These two are a nonholomic (the mobile vehicle) and a holonomic subsystem (the robotarm). To give the robot orders or tasks to accomplish this can be done from an external controlsoftware via TCP-IP to the controlsoftware of the robot. An embedded system involves chart creation, pathplanning (global, local), evaluation of sensorsignals, object- and/or marker-detection and a controlled movement. Futhermore it communicates over FIFOs with an nonrealtimetask which allows a communication via TCP-IP. Several sensors are implemented, e.g. infrared-/ ultrasonic-range sensors connected via CAN to the embedded board, as well as the control boards for each engine. A Laserscanner is installed in front of the robot to detect edges and obstacles. For marker-tracking and object recognition an USB-Webcam is added on the robotarm. For avoidance of collisions between the robotarm and the mobile robot a repeller is introduced.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10143 – 10144
Number of pages2
JournalPAMM - Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
Volume8
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Fields of science

  • 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • 202035 Robotics
  • 203013 Mechanical engineering
  • 203015 Mechatronics
  • 203022 Technical mechanics

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