• DocumentCode
    1526116
  • Title

    Design of an autonomous navigation system

  • Author

    Bourbakis, Nikolaos G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    25
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    The structural design of a system called ODYSSEUS is discussed. The system consists of a triangle base with three programmable wheels, a special digital compass based on the Grey code, a sonar system in a hexagonal configuration, a slope meter, and a microprocessor controller that selects information from the above components and determines the navigation paths. The system possesses learning capabilities, which are not treated here.<>
  • Keywords
    computerised navigation; mobile robots; Grey code; ODYSSEUS; autonomous navigation system; computerised navigation; digital compass; learning; microprocessor controller; mobile robots; programmable wheels; slope meter; sonar system; Cables; Control systems; Magnetic sensors; Microprocessors; Reflective binary codes; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Sonar measurements; Sonar navigation; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Control Systems Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1708
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/37.7739
  • Filename
    7739