Design and development of remote-operated multi-direction Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)

Author

Noor, M.Z.H. ; Zain, S.A.S.M. ; Mazalan, Lucyantie

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

19-20 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

192

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to design and develop complete system of a remote-operated multi-direction Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV). The development involved PIC microcontroller in remote-controlled and UGV robot, Xbee Pro modules, Graphic LCD 84×84, Vexta brushless DC electric motor and mecanum wheels. This paper show the study the movement of multidirectional UGV by using Mecanum wheels with differences drive configuration. The 16-bits Microchips microcontroller were used in the UGV´s system that embed with Xbee Pro through variable baud-rate value via UART protocol and control the direction of wheels. The successful develop UGV demonstrated clearly the potential application of this type of vehicle, and incorporated the necessary technology for further research of this type of vehicle.

Keywords

brushless DC motors; microcontrollers; mobile robots; protocols; remotely operated vehicles; telerobotics; wheels; PIC microcontroller; UART protocol; UGV robot; UGV system; Vexta brushless DC electric motor; Xbee Pro modules; baud-rate value; graphic LCD 84x84; mecanum wheels; microchip microcontroller; multidirectional UGV movement; remote-controlled robot; remote-operated multidirection unmanned ground vehicle; wheel direction control; Graphics; Microcontrollers; Mobile robots; Vehicles; Wheels; Wireless communication; Graphic LCD 84×48; Mecanum wheels; Microcontroller; Unmanned Grounded Vehicle (UGV); Xbee Pro;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Engineering and Technology (ICSET), 2013 IEEE 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shah Alam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1028-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSEngT.2013.6650168

Filename

6650168