Autonomous Mobile Robot Research at Louisiana State University's Robotics Research Laboratory

Much of the primary research of Louisiana State University’s Robotics Research Laboratory (RRL) is conducted with the help of a specially modified Denning MRV (mobile robot vehicle) III research robot (figure 1). MRV III is an excellent test bed for robotics research: It has a straightforward user interface, it is easily modified to accept new features, and it ■ The Department of Computer Science at Louisiana State University (LSU) has been involved in robotics research since 1985 when the Robotics Research Laboratory (RRL) was established as a research and teaching program specializing in autonomous mobile robots (AMRS). Researchers at RRL are conducting highquality research in amrs with the goal of identifying the computational problems and the types of knowledge that are fundamental to the design and implementation of autonomous mobile robotic systems. In this article, we overview the projects that are currently under way at LSU’s RRL.