A mobile robot travels inside a multi-storey building. The robot does not know an environment a priory; it explores each floor via lidar and SLAM method. As a result, it has access to the map of the entire building. The robot can also determine staircases and move along them using data from RGB-D camera. The objective is to reach a given location, which is specified by the operator based on the resulting map. We present a navigation and guidance strategy under which the robot autonomously reaches the desired location combining 2D path planning algorithm with staircase overpassing. Effectiveness of such strategy is also confirmed by real-world experiments with tracked robotic platform.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)518-523
Number of pages6
JournalIFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume51
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

    Research areas

  • Autonomous Mobile Robot, Control, Guidance Navigation, Localization, Map Building, Path Planning

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