DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER - From Virtual Prototyping to Real Development

Leire Maruri, Ana Martinez-Esnaola, Joseba Landaluze, Sergio Casas, Marcos Fernandez

2006

Abstract

This paper presents the prototype of a robot vacuum cleaner designed and constructed by IKERLAN. It details, above all, the hardware and software components used, as well as the navigation algorithm, designed using fuzzy logic. In conjunction to this an existing virtual prototype of the robot and the domestic environment was updated with a view to fine-tuning and testing the real controller of the autonomous robot by means of SIL ( Software-in-the-Loop) simulations. Finally, some of the position estimation problems that arose in the experimental tests are described.

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in Harvard Style

Maruri L., Martinez-Esnaola A., Landaluze J., Casas S. and Fernandez M. (2006). DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER - From Virtual Prototyping to Real Development . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-60-3, pages 461-468. DOI: 10.5220/0001201004610468


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco06,
author={Leire Maruri and Ana Martinez-Esnaola and Joseba Landaluze and Sergio Casas and Marcos Fernandez},
title={DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER - From Virtual Prototyping to Real Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2006},
pages={461-468},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001201004610468},
isbn={978-972-8865-60-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER - From Virtual Prototyping to Real Development
SN - 978-972-8865-60-3
AU - Maruri L.
AU - Martinez-Esnaola A.
AU - Landaluze J.
AU - Casas S.
AU - Fernandez M.
PY - 2006
SP - 461
EP - 468
DO - 10.5220/0001201004610468