Wireless group manipulation of autonomously guided mobile robots for smart living space applications

In this work, by integrating omni-wheel mobile robots with X-Bee communication protocol, Arduino control, IR range finders, and CMOS camera, as well as wiimote multi-zone localization, tasks such as obstacle and collision avoidances, following, autonomously movement, and indoor localization of group robots are implemented as the first step toward an autonomously control of group robots for smart living space applications. In conjunction with hardware design, novel algorithms are developed for successfully realizing and demonstrating these tasks. With these key issues being solved, more realistic scenario can be designed for achieving the real group robot applications for indoor service in the future.