ROS integration for miniature mobile robots

Andrew West*, Farshad Arvin, Horatio Martin, Simon Watson, Barry Lennox

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, the feasibility of using the Robot Operating System (ROS) for controlling miniature size mobile robots was investigated. Open-source and low-cost robots employ limited processors, hence running ROS on such systems is very challenging. Therefore, we provide a compact, low-cost, and open-source module enabling miniature multi and swarm robotic systems of different sizes and types to be integrated with ROS. To investigate the feasibility of the proposed system, several experiments using a single robot and multi-robots were implemented and the results demonstrated the amenability of the system to be integrated in low-cost and open-source miniature size mobile robots.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTowards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 19th Annual Conference, TAROS 2018, Proceedings
EditorsMaria Elena Giannaccini, Manuel Giuliani, Tareq Assaf
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages345-356
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319967271
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018
Event19th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2018 - Bristol, United Kingdom
Duration: 25 Jul 201827 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10965 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference19th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBristol
Period25/07/1827/07/18

Keywords

  • Communication
  • Mobile robots
  • Robot Operating System (ROS)
  • Swarm robotics

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