Voyager, a ground mobile robotic platform for research development

Autor: Purdon Kyla, Dickens John, de Ronde Willis, Ramruthan Kshir, Crafford Gerrie
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 388, p 04016 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2261-236X
DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/202338804016
Popis: This paper describes a mobile ground-based robotic platform named Voyager which was developed to support robotics research and replace the old mobile robotic platform, the Pioneer. A comparative analysis was done with three mobile robot: platforms Pioneer 3-DX, Clearpath Robotics Jackal, and SuperDroid Robots VIPR to determine the requirements for Voyager's development. The Voyager is currently equipped with a 3D LiDAR scanner, inertial measurement unit, and camera to allow for the onboard software to perform obstacle avoidance as well as avoid non-traversable terrain when driving outdoors. This universal platform has been used for developing new algorithms for path planning, obstacle avoidance, localisation, and mapping.
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