Title :
Wireless Control of Autonomous Wheeled Robot through GPRS -- Design and Real Time Validation
Author :
Kumar, G. S. Vasantha ; Meenakshi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Instrum. Technol., Dr. Ambedkar Inst. of Technol., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel technique to locate and control a wheeled robotic system for outdoor applications through wireless communication technique. Global position system (GPS) is adopted to locate the robot globally. Both direction and speed control of the vehicle is demonstrated using H-bridge and Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signals respectively. The main principle of control adopted here is based on communicating PWM control signals through General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network from the remote place. The PWM control signals are generated based on the prediction of the obstacles that may appear in real time. The said principle is validated in real time by generating the PWM control signal through the onboard timer of OMAP 3530 processor. The configuration of the timer for the generation of controlled PWM signal is done through GPRS from the base station. The real time results proved the proper controlling of the robot direction and its speed when it is in the autonomous mode.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; cellular radio; collision avoidance; digital signal processing chips; mobile robots; packet radio networks; pulse width modulation; telerobotics; velocity control; GPRS; GPS; General Packet Radio Service network; H-bridge signals; OMAP 3530 processor; PWM control signal generation; autonomous wheeled robotic system; base station; direction control; global position system; obstacle prediction; pulse width modulation signals; real time validation; speed control; wireless communication technique; wireless control; DC motors; GSM; Global Positioning System; Ground penetrating radar; Pulse width modulation; Real-time systems; Robots; Autonomous Robot; GPRS Real Time Validation; GPS; PWM;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICETET), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2560-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICETET.2013.7