An automated platform for minirobots experiments

Author

Witkowski, U. ; Monier, Emad ; Rückert, U. ; El Ghoul, Sally ; El-Ghoniemy, M.S. ; Wahab, M.S.A. ; Fouad, A. ; Hussein, A. ; Kamal, A. ; Abdel-Meniem, M. ; El Khair, W. Abo

Author_Institution

Heinz Nixdorf Inst., Paderborn Univ., Paderborn

fYear

2008

fDate

17-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

685

Lastpage

688

Abstract

In this paper, a platform for managing and providing remote access to robots was developed and constructed. The system helps to schedule, perform and analyze experiments using minirobots. A solution for recharging the robots automatically has been included in the system in order to save the time needed for manual recharging. The system can automatically interrupt the experiments, charge robots and then resume experiments. To reach this level of autonomy, a positioning system, path planning technique along with video streaming have been developed and implemented.

Keywords

mobile robots; path planning; telerobotics; video streaming; automated platform; minirobots; path planning; positioning system; remote access; robot recharging; video streaming; Automatic control; Circuits; Control systems; Internet; Path planning; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Teleworking; Minirobots; automatic recharging; path planning; positioning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2008. ICARCV 2008. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hanoi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2286-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2287-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICARCV.2008.4795600

Filename

4795600