<p>The work presented in this paper is about the development of a collision avoidance systemfor a mobile telepresence robot developed by the company Gira technologies AB.The robot is designed to extend the length of time elderly can stay in their homes beforerequiring full-time staed care. The collision avoidance system is needed to help the userto avoid running in to objects or down a stairway. The design must be capable of beingimplemented at low cost, and should not look overtly "robotic" as this would not resultin an appealing industrial design.</p><p>Herein, dierent techniques are presented and analyzed to nd the best suitable solutionfor the robot. In particular a lot of work is done in taking measurements to nd theright characteristics for the sensors according dierent mounting angles, dierent objectsand distances. A solution is chosen and calculations are made to nd the best positionsto place the sensors to get the best results.</p><p>A complete solution is presented and implemented in the current system and testedto work as expected.</p>
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:mdh-7703 |
Date | January 2010 |
Creators | Björkman, Patrik, Odens Hedman, Lars |
Publisher | Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering |
Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Student thesis, text |
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