CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE OF SCANNING SONAR FOR MOBILE ROBOTS

Sv. Noykov, O. Manolov

2005

Abstract

In this work, a simple, low-cost and reliable electronic module for coupling of an ultrasonic range-finder with a mobile robot’s microprocessor system is presented. A software filter for correct reading of the ultrasonic data is presented as well. Due to the software filter, a shielding of robot and sonar’s electronic modules is not required. In this way compactness and low price of the device construction were achieved.

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in Harvard Style

Noykov S. and Manolov O. (2005). CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE OF SCANNING SONAR FOR MOBILE ROBOTS . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO, ISBN 972-8865-31-7, pages 245-250. DOI: 10.5220/0001164302450250


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco05,
author={Sv. Noykov and O. Manolov},
title={CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE OF SCANNING SONAR FOR MOBILE ROBOTS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,},
year={2005},
pages={245-250},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001164302450250},
isbn={972-8865-31-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,
TI - CONTROL SYSTEM INTERFACE OF SCANNING SONAR FOR MOBILE ROBOTS
SN - 972-8865-31-7
AU - Noykov S.
AU - Manolov O.
PY - 2005
SP - 245
EP - 250
DO - 10.5220/0001164302450250