Authors
1 Computer Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq
2 Computer Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Abstract
Recently, the automatic movement of mobile robots has played a very important role in
the advancement of technology. Automated mobile robot path determination is one of the most
important challenges in the science of technology. This paper proposed a path planning method for
wheeled mobile robots based on a real time calculation of a predefined distance on a certain map to
enable the mobile robot to navigate at indoor areas according to the calculated distances and angles
on the paths. The proposed system uses two wheels’ car as a prototype with two optical encoders to
determine the number of wheel’s rotations, in order to calculate the needed distances and angles
between two points on the navigation path. The system was controlled by a microcomputer Raspberry
Pi, programmed using python programming language. The experimental results show an accurate
distances and angles measurement for the navigation under a suitable condition.
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