A MATLAB/Simulink-based platform for real-time planning and execution of control techniques applied to mobile robots

Simulation tools now occupy a place of particular importance in many fields of engineering. Some of these tools have come to be regarded as standard and/or as a point of departure for the replication of results obtained in scientific papers. The present paper describes the use of one of these tools, Matlab/Simulink, used in order to simulate and validate in real time the results concerning the guidance, navigation and control techniques applied to a low cost mobile platform.