Positioning and navigation of mobile robot
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
Positioning tracking is not a new idea as we have been seen from the ability of the GPS (Global Positioning System) to track the position of the object, in general with acceptable accuracy but the cost of GPS installation is expensive. However, in the case of detecting the exact position in signal-blocked closed environment (e.g. inside building, forest, mines and others); the accuracy factor provide by GPS is low. Thus, this project presents a positioning tracking system that is able to track the movement of an object within a small area or inside buildings. A complete set of the positioning tracking system consists of a pair of computer mechanical mouse and a microcontroller. From the position displayed on the computer screen, the position of the object can be located. The pair of mouse detects each movement of the object and sends the movement data to microcontroller. Linear, angular displacement and positioning calculation are also being discussed. From the results, it's shown that the positioning system is applicable. However, some small errors are also occurred but in acceptable range.
Keywords
GUI, Linear and angular displacement, Positioning calculation, Global positioning system, Graphical user interfaces, Microcontrollers, Navigation, Satellite navigation aids, Closed environments, Complete sets, Computer screens, New ideas, Positioning systems, Small areas, Tracking systems, Tracking (position).
Divisions
fac_eng
Publication Title
Artificial Life and Robotics
Volume
13
Issue
1
Publisher
Artificial Life and Robotics
Additional Information
Export Date: 28 January 2013 Source: Scopus Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Mokhtar, N.; Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; email: norrimamokhtar@um.edu.my References: Chenavier, F., Crowley, J., Position estimation for a mobile robot using vision and odometry (1992) Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2588-2593. , In: Nice, France, May 12-14; Cox, I., Blance - An experiment in guidance and navigation of an autonomous mobile robot (1991) IEEE Transactions Robotics and Automation, 7 (3), pp. 193-204; http://www.mapindia.org/2005/papers/Poster/76.htm, - (23/11/2007)http://www.sss-mag.com/apps.html, - (23/11/2007)Schiele, B., Crowley, J.L., A comparison of position estimation techniques using occupancy grids (1994) Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1628-1634; Xu, Z., Chen, H., Xiang, Z., Liu, J., Position estimation for a mobile robot with augmented system state (2005) International Conference on Neural Networks and Brain, pp. 366-370; http://rossum.sourceforge.net/papers/DiffSteer/, - (23/11/2007)UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58049217021&partnerID=40&md5=4d0400123a1c11055e4cacc255fdaae1