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ROS Integration for Miniature Mobile Robots

  • Andrew WestEmail author
  • Farshad Arvin
  • Horatio Martin
  • Simon Watson
  • Barry Lennox
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 10965)

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.

Keywords

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

This work was supported by the EPSRC Projects (Project No. EP/P01366X/1 and Project No. EP/P018505/1).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Andrew West
    • 1
    Email author
  • Farshad Arvin
    • 1
  • Horatio Martin
    • 1
  • Simon Watson
    • 1
  • Barry Lennox
    • 1
  1. 1.Robotics for Extreme Environments Lab (REEL), School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringThe University of ManchesterManchesterUK

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