MIL Rover: An Autonomous All-Terrain Robot
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MIL Rover was designed for the Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIL) at the University of Florida. The mechanical platform of Rover is modeled after the Mars Sojourner, and it is capable of navigating in rough terrain environments. This paper presents the recent development of Rover’s control system. The control system is designed to enable the Rover to perform two basic robotic tasks: obstacle avoidance and color tracking. Three ultrasonic sensors (sonar) are used for obstacle avoidance, and color tracking is achieved by CMUcam, a vision sensor. Data produced by all sensors are processed by an AVR 8-bit microcontroller, ATmega128.
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