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@inproceedings{Mert2022MECO,
author = {Can, Mert Ege and Ramkisoen, Poedjadevie and
Karaduman, Burak and Demeyer, Serge and
Challenger, Moharram},
booktitle = {Proceedings {MECO2022} (11th Mediterranean Conference
on Embedded Computing)},
pages = {1-6},
title = {Enhancing Autonomous Guided Robots using Software
Agents and UWB Technology},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Autonomous Guided Vehicles are mobile robots that can
use various technologies and techniques for their
navigation such as line following, indoor
localisation, image recognition, GPS, laser- and
gyro-based. These mobile robots are widely used in
the manufacturing industry to achieve goals around
their operation area. In this research, we benefit
from the ultra-wide-band (UWB) technology to enhance
the navigation of the mobile robot's indoor area
independent from any physical line. The mobile robots
move along a given way-point which is defined by the
remote agent. Moreover, we use a high-level
programming approach using software agents,
specifically the JADE framework. In order to show the
feasibility of creating such a complex and a mobile
system, three requirements should be satisfied.
Firstly, an architectural design is needed to reduce
the design complexity, secondly the interplay between
agent behaviour types and the API functions should be
satisfied to allow agents control over the low-level
device features. Lastly, the mobile robot should be
able to consume the given points while creating the
paths towards them using the data provided by the UWB
service. As a result, we have seen that the UWB
technology provided the required independence and
flexibility. The mobile robots were implemented using
LEGO, BrickPI 3 hardware interface and RaspberryPI
3.},
annote = {internationalconference},
doi = {10.1109/MECO55406.2022.9797196},
}