Location
Weber State University
Start Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
End Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Autonomous robotics technology is improving at an exponential rate, and has the potential to be the largest leap in technology since the invention of the personal computer. Robot Operating System (ROS) [1] is a catalyst in the development of fully autonomous robots. With a large community of developers and many resources available, it allows researchers to focus their time on implementing fully autonomous systems on their robotic platform, instead of spending time developing algorithms.
This research focuses on the development of an autonomous robotic system using ROS, with the purpose of competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition [2]. While completing this research, many discoveries were made in the importance of sensor selection, limitations of current autonomy algorithms, and how to correctly integrate custom robotic platforms into the ROS framework.
Included in
The Utah Robotic Mining Project
Weber State University
Autonomous robotics technology is improving at an exponential rate, and has the potential to be the largest leap in technology since the invention of the personal computer. Robot Operating System (ROS) [1] is a catalyst in the development of fully autonomous robots. With a large community of developers and many resources available, it allows researchers to focus their time on implementing fully autonomous systems on their robotic platform, instead of spending time developing algorithms.
This research focuses on the development of an autonomous robotic system using ROS, with the purpose of competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition [2]. While completing this research, many discoveries were made in the importance of sensor selection, limitations of current autonomy algorithms, and how to correctly integrate custom robotic platforms into the ROS framework.