Design of the mechanics and sensor system of an autonomous all-terrain robot platform

Author

Pietikainen, Aku ; Tikanmaki, Antti ; Roning, Juha

Author_Institution

Robot. Group, Univ. of Oulu, Oulu

fYear

2008

fDate

19-23 May 2008

Firstpage

2325

Lastpage

2330

Abstract

This paper presents the design of an all-terrain wheeled robotic vehicle. The robot is tele-supervised containing several semi-autonomous and autonomous functionalities. The human operator´s role is more like giving directions and targets for the robot rather that directly driving the robot. Navigating in an uncharted and non-structured environment presents a great challenge for a mobile autonomous robot in terms of obstacle detection and route navigation. The outdoor weather conditions also pose several challenges for the configuration of the robot´s sensors and mechanics. The focus on this paper is on the design of the sensor system and the mechanics of the robot.

Keywords

collision avoidance; control system synthesis; mobile robots; sensors; telerobotics; autonomous all-terrain robot platform; autonomous functionalities; obstacle detection; robot sensors; route navigation; semi autonomous functionalities; sensor system design; Intelligent robots; Mobile robots; Multirobot systems; Navigation; Orbital robotics; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1646-2

Electronic_ISBN

1050-4729

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543561

Filename

4543561