Multi-Robot Platooning Using Cameras

• Main Author: Zulkifli, Fadhlullah Hassan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: IRC 2016
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17198/1/FADHLULLAH_FR.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17198/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Robot platooning is a method of positioning of a robot, in a few row of a mobile unit that moving closely to each other in the formation. This is what we called platooning[1].This will help use to understand more on the robot mechanism. The platooning also is one of the guided systems, which is based on the navigation. The robot is also using the leader follower method. This is when the robot moving into a line. The robot will follow the previous robot , and the front robot will become the leader[2]. Then robot basically using the pixy CMU cam5, act as a vision sensor. Also by using the RoMeo Ble act as a controller, which is consist of motor drive. Then, for the controller of the robot, by using fuzzy logic as a system, this is to ensure the distance, direction, and speed of the mobile robot. The robot wills then moving accordingly in a platoon formation. This will save of using too many sensor to control the robot. The leader of the formation will move in the desired pattern. The follower will follow the leader based on the parameter that been set to the robot.