Design and performance assessment of a prototype wireless controlled robot

Author

Makaya, F.D. ; Chatelain, D. ; Snyman, L.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Tshwane Univ. of Technol., Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2004

fDate

8-9 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

118

Abstract

The aim of this research was to develop a mobile robot, exploiting the GSM and GPRS technologies in an existing mobile telephony network for remote control and communication purposes. The robot (MGM1) is used as a technology demonstrator in centres and exhibitions with the purpose of making known to the public the importance of services such as SMS, MMS, Bluetooth and Web surfing using a phone browser. The robot is controlled remotely via GPRS using a mobile phone as a command centre. It is able to receive SMS and MMS messages sent to it and then reply back. Also, it takes pictures and sends these out on request as MMS. The work presented in this paper is about the system design and performance assessment, with a discussion of some of the main system sub-units.

Keywords

cellular radio; mobile handsets; mobile robots; packet radio networks; prototypes; service robots; telephone networks; telerobotics; Bluetooth; GSM method; SMS; Web surfing; global system for mobile communication method; mobile phone; mobile robot; mobile telephony network; performance assessment; phone browser; prototype wireless controlled robot; remote control; Bluetooth; Communication system control; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Mobile robots; Prototypes; Robot control; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 2004. EDMO 2004. 12th International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8574-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDMO.2004.1412410

Filename

1412410