Robot relay: An optimal path planning for multiple client service

Service robots are being widely implemented to provide specialized services to mankind. Their functionality are widespread among various application domains for providing services related to surveillance, vigilance, accident reporting, mechanical labor and behavior analysis. This paper presents the application of a mobile robot X80SV in a college campus. The robot equipped with a camera makes use of a pre generated map learned by the robot by integrating GPS data and motion sensor information. The map is used for navigating our robot to the desired location for multiple request servicing based on the job specified by the client. The work presents an architecture for efficient handling of the requests for an optimal order of their execution. Optimal path is calculated considering the shortest path; the request order and the processing time required in servicing the client request. The completion of services further depends upon the decision taken after processing the visual data at the end node. The proposed architecture including map based navigation, multiple service handling, optimal service processing and visual data analysis is applied to a subset of services as demonstrated in the result section of the paper. This includes physical transfer of important documents, information about particular region, calling a person and video data transfer.