Application of Electronic Compass and Vision-Based Camera in Robot Navigation and Map Building

摘要

This paper studies the problem about robot path planning, and puts forward an application of electronic compass and vision-based camera which used for robot navigation and map building. We can make sure the azimuth angle of robot by installing electronic compass on robot's control panel, and then locate the robot through the image information from the camera which is installed on the robot's head. Suppose the mobile environment of robot is indoor, and we can determine the original location, current location of robot and the object's location through combining the data which from electronic compass with the data from camera. We also can build the map information by a comprehensive analysis of these data and build a new data structure which is special constructed for electric compass. The result shows that the micro system provides a good solution of map building, navigation and location in the laboratory environment.