What is the Autonomous Maze Mapping Robot?
This project is designed as a keystone project, incorporating various parts of our computer science education here at Plattsburgh State University. The project architecture consists of three major, independent parts: a robot, a server, and a client. When combined, the three create a system capable of generating a graphical display representing a maze. What is the Robot? The robot navigates around the maze, receiving only commands telling it to follow the right or left wall. It adjusts its position in respect to the walls of the maze independently of rest of the system. The robot communicates with the server over a tethered phone cord, using the SECS messaging protocol (A wireless system was desired, however we lacked the resources to invest our efforts into such technology). Distances between the robot and walls, and total distance traveled, and wheel angle are transmitted to the server. Other than wall follow commands, the robot also receives start, stop, and reset commands from the s
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- It appears to me that an autonomous robot would still require the same amount of "handlers" as a teleop capability, i.e., more expensive but no savings in manpower. So, why the push for autonomous?
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