Title :
An Experimental Platform for Testing Localization Algorithms
Author :
Seignez, Emmanuel ; Lambert, Alain ; Hesdin, François ; Maurin, Thierry
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´´Electronique Fondamentale, Univ. de Paris-Sud XI, Orsay
Abstract :
This paper describes the low cost platform minitruck designed in order to test localization algorithms. Minitruck is a generic electric vehicle equipped with an embedded electronic system, actuators and sensors. This multi-sensor platform has enough computing power to be autonomous. Nevertheless, a client/server architecture with a wireless communication enables to deport high computing power calculation to a distant computer. It allows the user to quickly add his own algorithms so as to test his theoretical works
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; client-server systems; electric vehicles; sensor fusion; client-server architecture; electric vehicle; embedded electronic system; experimental platform; localization algorithm testing; low cost platform minitruck; multisensor platform; wireless communication; Actuators; Computer architecture; Costs; Embedded computing; Mechanical sensors; Testing; Vehicles; Wheels; Wireless sensor networks; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Conference_Location :
Damascus
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684466
