Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICARCV.2008.4795600