Affiliations: [a]
Graduate School Engineering Science and Technology, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan, ROC | [b]
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Douliou, Yunlin, Taiwan
Correspondence:
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Correspondence author: Kuo-Lan Su, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan. E-mail: sukl@yuntech.edu.tw.
Abstract: Automated guided vehicle is the most important research issues for mobile robot development. The important research issue of the automated guided vehicle (AGV) is navigation system in recent years. Navigation system can be divided into self-localization, path planning and obstacle avoidance for indoor service execution. The application fields have security patrol or package delivery. Furthermore, recharging is necessary before the battery power has exhausted. The paper develops the automated guided vehicle that is designed and built with a 4WD mecanum wheel platform. Due to the laser ranger’s high precision, we applied the laser range finder to achieve the environment map construction, so the self-localization via particles filter (PF) and the path planning algorithms can be utilized with the map. The practical motion and safety avoidance strategies are also proposed for robot motion control. Finally, the sensory fusion methods are also integrated with the laser ranger and RGB-D camera for automated guided vehicle while performing the docking process. The experimental results show the successful demonstrations of autonomous patrol and docking for self-recharging.
