Micro Sensors for Innovation of Mechatronics. Application of Ultrasonic Sensors to Robot Measurement.

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Calibration of Ultrasonic Sensors of a Mobile Robot*

The paper discusses a mobile robot localization. Due to cost and simplicity of signal processing, the ultrasonic sensors are very suitable for this application. However, their nonlinear characteristics requires thorough calibrating procedure in order to achieve reliable readings from the obstacles around the robot. Here we describe SMR400 ultrasonic sensor and its calibration procedure. The sug...

A Genetic Algorithm for Mobile Robot Localization Using Ultrasonic Sensors

A mobile robot requires the perception of its local environment for position estimation. Ultrasonic range data provide a robust description of the local environment for navigation. This article presents an ultrasonic sensor localization system for autonomous mobile robot navigation in an indoor semi-structured environment. The proposed algorithm is based upon an iterative nonlinear filter, whic...

Measurement of Angular Position of a Mobile Robot Using Ultrasonic Sensors

Ultrasonic sensors are commonly used in robotics for range measurement in obstacle detection and avoidance systems. They have also been used for localization by map matching techniques. This paper presents a novel use of ultrasonic sensors for the measurement of angular position of a mobile robot relative to a known ultrasonic source. The method is based on measurement of the phase difference o...

Analysis of Indoor Robot Localization Using Ultrasonic Sensors

This paper analyzes the Monte Carlo localization (MCL) method, which estimates the pose of an indoor mobile robot. A mobile robot must know where it is to navigate in an indoor environment. The MCL technique is one of the most influential and popular techniques for estimation of robot position and orientation using a particle filter. For the analysis, we perform experiments in an indoor environ...