A framework for building mobile single and multi-robot applications

López, Joaquín; Pérez, Diego Gutiérrez; Zalama, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/j.robot.2011.01.004

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“…The system uses the two-level centralized communication system (Figure 6) provided by RIDE [14]. The first level communicates all the modules onboard using IPC.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the onboard devices, including the motors, servos, sonars, bumpers and touch sensors, are connected to a CAN bus using the RoboCAN protocol [14]. The control unit (mini-ITX VIA EPIA EN1200) constitutes the master module in RoboCAN and the slave modules are control cards with a PIC microcontroller.…”

Section: The Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, when we request a path from the traffic manager we include another output transition with the message "no path" that is not represented in Figure 7 for the sake of simplicity. Furthermore, some actions are also timed using the RG timers [14].…”

Section: Programming and Executing Tasksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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BellBot - A Hotel Assistant System Using Mobile Robots

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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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There is a growing interest in applying intelligent technologies to assistant robots. These robots should have a number of characteristics such as autonomy, easy reconfiguration, robust perception systems and they should be oriented towards close interaction with humans.In this paper we present an automatic hotel assistant system based on a series of mobile platforms that interact with guests and service personnel to help them in different tasks. These tasks include bringing small items to customers, showing them different points of interest in the hotel, accompanying the guests to their rooms and providing them with general information. Each robot can also autonomously handle some daily scheduled tasks. Apart from user-initiated and scheduled tasks, the robots can also perform tasks based on events triggered by the building's automation system (BAS). The robots and the BAS are connected to a central server via a local area network.The system was developed with the Robotics Integrated Development Environment (RIDE) and was tested intensively in different environments.

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“…The system uses the two-level centralized communication system (Figure 6) provided by RIDE [14]. The first level communicates all the modules onboard using IPC.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

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“…In this case, the localization problem is equivalent to find the equilibrium position of the solid. For example, in the case of detecting three tags like in figure 12, the position could be obtained solving the following equation system under the restrictions of equation (8).…”

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“…The next section introduces the localization systems. Sections III and IV describe the integration in the RIDE architecture [8] and the new control modules. The results of the different tests, for both the Hagisonic StarGazer and the WiiMote based system, are presented in section V. Finally, section VI presents an alternative localization system with a different tag distribution.…”

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Evaluating different landmark positioning systems within the RIDE architecture

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Abstract-Mobile robots operating in the real world need a very reliable localization system to navigate autonomously for long periods of time. Numerous methods for indoor mobile robot localization have been developed. However, an affordable system covering all environments and situations is not yet available. Therefore, it is very important for mobile robot application developers to be aware of the operation and limitations of the different localization systems in order to obtain the best performance for each case. This paper evaluates two indoor localization systems that are integrated in the RIDE architecture: a commercial (Hagisonic StarGazer) and a low cost localization system based on the popular Wii remote control (WiiMote) with different tag distributions were evaluated. Characteristics that were tested include precision, accuracy, reliability, cost and immunity to interference.Index Terms-Mobile robot localization, control architecture, landmark localization system.

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