Title: Mobile robot localisation using ZigBee wireless sensor networks and a vision sensor

Authors: Hongbo Wang, Ke Yu, Hongnian Yu

Addresses: College of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China. ' College of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China. ' Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology, Staffordshire University, Stafford, ST18 0DG, UK

Abstract: This paper presents a positioning method for a mobile robot based on ZigBee wireless sensor networks and a vision sensor. First, ZigBee sensor networks are deployed to obtain a rough global localisation for the mobile robot. Then, a vision sensor is used to extract features of the landmarks to realise accurate positioning, in which the ceiling lights are chosen as landmarks. The navigation control method is proposed to guide the mobile robot. Finally, the positioning experiments are conducted based on our omni-directional mobile robot platform. The experimental results show that the proposed positioning method is effective.

Keywords: robot positioning; wireless sensor networks; WSNs; vision sensors; ceiling light; landmark features; robot navigation; wireless networks; mobile robots; robot control; robot vision.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2010.034570

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2010 Vol.10 No.3/4, pp.184 - 193

Published online: 10 Aug 2010 *

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