Implementation of autonomous navigation algorithms on an urban robot (iRobot's packbot)

• Main Author: Chan, Jian Wee.
• Other Authors: Wijerupage Sardha Wijesoma
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Robotics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40798
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The concept of an Autonomous Mobile Robot has been around for some years. The proof of concept and some prototypes already exist. But still, the goals and parameters are mostly entered by the human operators. Determining and planning a safe path among obstacles is the key to autonomous vehicles....