Application of RFID technology in navigation of mobile robot

The purpose of this paper is to present the idea of multi-criterion mobile robot navigation. This is a combination of autonomous and master control. The robot can execute different traffic scenarios depending on the available data. It can realize its own autonomous route on the basis of information from external database, or a movement command stored in the memory of transponder, according to a specific key, independent on the vehicle itself. To accomplish this purpose, a model of mobile vehicle was designed and built. The dedicated software algorithm for the proposed navigation method was also proposed and developed.