Questions tagged [mobile-robot]
A robot which is capable of moving from one place to another, usually of its own volition.
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There is an error when i use kinect v1 with Mrpt tool
when i use mrpt tool to calibrate kinect v1, there is an error:
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Multiple robots performing a set of tasks (Optimization)
Consider a situation where you have a 'm' number of robots and 'n' number of tasks. Each task is at a different location. What optimization algorithm should I use in order to assign a set of tasks to ...
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RpLIDAR unable to see black objects
I am working on a ROSBOT for a natural navigation project.
While working with RpLIDAR A2 version, I found that it does not sense thin black surfaces like black pants/trousers while at close range (...
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Lifting robot that moves like a plotter
I'm looking for what a robot that moves like a plotter but can grab a load up to 1kg with a claw, lift, rotate and place in another location within its range. What is this type of robot called?
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How to perform system identification of a mobile robot using white box approach?
Why isn't there much research going into the extraction of inertial and frictional values?
Is there any standardized approach?
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I will give a sample application! Say if we want to implement a ...
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Free Multibody Dynamics Software?
I'm working on modelling a feller buncher, its end effector consists of a saw to cut trees and claws to bundle them together. I'm looking for a free/open source software that can simulate dynamics of ...
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Does anyone have documentation for a CoroWare Explorer?
I have inherited a CoroWare Explorer from someone who used it for their PhD research years ago. They have no documentation on the robot, and I cannot find any online. Does anyone have a user's manual ...
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Electronic Speed Controller
What should be the specification of ESC that I should use for a 320KV 1820W brushless DC Motor?. Is it necessary to use an 80A ESC?, Basically, How can I choose the required ESC for a motor?
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Autonomous Navigation Bot [duplicate]
I'm trying to build an Autonomous parcel delivering rover using GPS.So after giving destination coordinates, I don't know how to make the robot understand to which direction it should move. Basically, ...
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Do I need a camera along with LIDAR for SLAM?
Equipment:
Pi 3 B
Mega
2x Encoder Motor 12VDC 299RPM
MPU 6050
12V bat 2000mAh
LIDAR or Kinect ?
I want to implement EKF SLAM. I have referred bot NOX ROS wandering robot, Hussarian CORE and Robotics ...
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Robot trajectory generation; path-paramerization
I have a differential drive robot, and it's supposed to drive on a parabolic function $(f(x) = x^2)$. But for all control algorithms, you have a trajectory given as $f(s)$ or $f(t)$.
I want to use ...
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How to do mechanical calculations for a towing robot?
I am making an automated guided vehicle
AGV will tow standard shopping carts each will weighs 20-30kg
I hope to use 12V DC gear motors 100rpm torque 20kg.cm
(assume the floor is smooth and flat)
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What is the difference between the pose of a robot and the configuration of a robot?
Do "configuration" and "pose" means the same thing? If not what is the difference?
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IMU and encoder fusion
I'm trying to simulate data fusion for a 4-wheeled mobile robot using ekf and am using IMU and wheel encoders as sensors,where IMU measures linear acceleration and angular velocity and encoder ...
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High power jumping mechanism in small robots
I recently saw this video on YouTube featuring a jumping robot: 5 Fastest Robots In The World
I was curious how this is accomplished mechanically? Do they wind a strong spring or use some sort of air ...
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How can robots communicate, locate and identify each other?
I'm planning to build some simple robotic boats. They will be travelling some distance alone but should also be able to group and physically connect together to form one boat. When they are near each ...
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What is the best adaptive controller for robotic arms?
I have a question that lays on practical experience. What is the best adaptive controller for a robotic arm?
Self Tuning Regulator (STR)
Model Reference Adaptive Controller (MARC)
Adaptive Model ...
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Interference caused by multiple robots during task completion
Suppose there is an area to survey. If we deploy one robot it takes time T to sweep the area. Now if we deploy 2 robots, we would expect it to take time T/2. However in reality, because we are sending ...
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How to balance a long vertical bar
I have a mobile base (1400x1800x400 mm) which has a vertical bar (1) mounted on its geometric center; this vertical bar has a length of 2500 mm and a diameter of 100 mm and I need to keep it always in ...
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Can't get iRobot Create to respond
We have an iRobot Create connected to a Win 10 PC with the cable supplied with the unit.
We have followed the instructions here:
http://www.robotappstore.com/Knowledge-Base/How-to-Use-a-RealTerm-...
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Extrinsic calibration of a multicamera-rig mounted rigidly on a mobile robot
We have a set of 8 cameras mounted rigidly on a mobile robot. The cameras are forming an arc, which allows a 360º vision.
I want the extrinsic parameters of them referred to the robot. Is there any ...
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If you move the RGBD camera to other places on a Turtlebot, same orientation, create a map, does ROS navigation stack with AMCL still works?
I got a Turtlebot, and I’m thinking of putting the RGBd camera to other places. If you move RGBD camera to other places on a robot, same orientation, create a map, does ROS AMCL still works? I am ...
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TGY-6114MD Servo motor needs push to start
I currently have an inspection robot deployed in a remote part of Africa that has a failing Turnigy TGY-6114MD servo. The issue appeared randomly. The servo won't respond to commands unless given a ...
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Omni vs mecanum wheels for drawing robot
I'm designing a mobile robot which will have to draw some lines (straight and/or curly) on the floor while it moves.
The floor will always be flat with almost no obstacles.
The robot will have four ...
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Minimum distance for a shaft coupling
What is the minimum shaft distance required to do a shaft coupling.
I want to mount encoders on my motors but the shaft length is only 15 mm long. My encoders are 12 mm wide. So, I only have 3 mm to ...
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Sensor model and Inverse sensor model using occupancy grid mapping with lidar for particle filter
I'm a bit confused about how one goes about calculating the sensor model $p(z_t|x_t, m) $ and inverse sensor model for position $p(x_t |z_t,m_{t-1})$.
From this answer, it seems like one way for ...
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SLAM Scan Matching. Scan vs previous-scan OR scan vs previous-map?
When using Scan Matching ICP for FastSLAM, which is the proper way to use it?
Between the current scan and the previous one, or between the current scan and the stored map?
Can both be used? If so, ...
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Likelihood Field Matching
I have LIDAR data of an environment in my hand and I want to apply likelihood field matching to this data. I found a source. But I don't understand what the variables of the algorithm mean and how it ...
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Fusing absolute robot localization from markers
I have a system which is composed of a rig of 8 cameras which are used for detecting markers in the environment and which outputs 8 estimates of the absolute robot's position and orientation.
Now, I ...
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Design of the baseplate of mobile robot
I need to construct a Mobile robots preferably circular type of diameter 30 cm, it will be carrying a payload of 5kg. What will be optimal thickness the baseplate considering the material as aluminium?...
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Loop time for self balancing robot
I have been working on a self balancing robot and there are quite a few parameters and one of them is loop execution time (t_loop henceforth). To my understanding, the smaller t_loop, the better it is ...
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Inexpensive & minimally viable systems for testing SLAM algorithms?
I've been studying SLAM on my own for some time, I can sift through texts over texts and try my best understanding them. However, without actually implementing them myself, I think I still don't fully ...
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Accuracy of hall sensor encoders on Raspberry Pi
I have 2 motors (JGA25-370) with hall-sensor encodes.
They emit about 90-100 interrupts every 100ms, so 1000 a second.
Which means I have an interrupt happening every 1ms.
The motors are driven by ...
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FastSlam2.0: ICP Scan Matching vs Odometry? What is the typical time step?
When working with a FastSlam2.0 algorithm, ICP Scan Matching is supposed to give more accurate measurements than odometry.
The problem is, that given some noisy measurements from the laser scanner, ...
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outdoor autonomous robot [closed]
i had search over google and found out more or less some sensor that i could use like sonar, gyroscope, accelerometer,magnetometer and gps and 2d lidar (which is less expensive, around $300)
i have ...
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Representation of 2D coordinate space with orientation
I wanted to know what is the mathematical representation of 2D coordinate space with orientation in the same plane.
2D coordinate space is represented as $R^{2}$, how do I include orientation in the ...
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Tracking object in realtime using depth image stream from a RGBD camera
I have an Intel RealSense camera which can stream RGB and depth image. Using those information I want to track an object moving on a table top. More specifically, I want to know position $(x,y)$ and ...
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How to get starting location of robot using IMU Sensor (without using gps)
i have one robot, i have to get the initial location of that robot. then when we move the robot from that location, and when we give the command like "HOME" then it should go that initial location. ...
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Self balancing robot: PID Control Algorithm
I am working on a hobby project for self balancing robot. My robot balances quiet well, so my next step is to start moving it. I saw in some blogs that they used a cascade control algorithm as shown ...
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Turning a 2 wheeled robot 90°
i got a task for which i need to drive a certain distance and move around an object. I finally managed that my robot goes almost straight but i think its enough. But now i gotta tackle the problem how ...
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Difference between Collision Cone and Velocity Obstacle
I'm trying to understand these two classic approaches to path planning in dynamic environments/with moving obstacles.
According to some review papers, there seems to be quite a difference between them,...
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Tackling loops and discontinuations in PID line follower
We are making a PID line follower using arduino for a competition. According to the rules of the competition they will have loops and discontinuations in their track. Can anyone give some idea how we ...
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Path planning of wheeled robot [duplicate]
let's say the robot Looks like this (an usual robot arm with 4 wheels) :
In this case as far as I know, the idea of path planning is just to compare the actual position x with the desired position ...
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motor selection for farm rover
I'm designing a rover to use as a harvest aid on our vegetable farm. It will be GPS guided using an RTK base station to straddle our parallel fixed-width vegetable beds. (66" wide with 48" of growing ...
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how to normalize PWM if the value exceeds the maximum speed limit
I have implemented inverse kinematics for nonholonomic mobile wheeled robots, and the RPM range of the motor that I used is -50 to 50, while for PWM is from 1300 to 1700. But in certain cases, the RPM ...
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how to introduce 2 inputs into a matlab block function that processes only one variable at a time? [closed]
Using SIMULINK, I wanted to optimize 2 variables with the ant colony optimization algorithm; which is written in a matlab function block, the function is of type function y = f (x) it has only one ...
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Can I program my roomba to run essentially all day (except for charging, of course)?
I'm an artist with basically no programming background. I need to make my roombas (3 of them) move around a gallery space throughout the day and night (the gallery will be visible from street view 24 ...
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What is the front mechanism of this robot's track called?
What is the mechanism on the front of the tracks of this robot called? They are also tracks, but they are able to be moved by the operator, and they are able to function as tracks. I've only seen ...
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smooth robot 3D trajectory using graph optimization
I want to solve a trajectory smoothing problem using graph optimization. I have asked questions on how to solve this problem in a previous post and got directed towards using graph optimization.
I ...
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How to calculate shortest path between multiple pick and drop destinations
I have a scenario where I have multiple robots, and they have to pick and drop some items at specified locations as shown in Figure.
There are 4 jobs to be done for this particular instance. How can ...
