TraxBot - Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform

André Araújo, David Portugal, Micael S. Couceiro, Carlos M. Figueiredo, Rui P. Rocha

2012

Abstract

This work presents the TraxBot mobile robot design, a ground platform recently developed for applications in the mobile robotics field. The assembling of the robotic system, with description of its components as well as information about the microcontroller programming, development and testing are presented. The TraxBot is a multidisciplinary platform and is ideal for education, since it is easily programmed with open-source tools requiring basic knowledge of other areas beyond robotics, like mechanics, control or energy management. Although being released in a stable version, the robot is continually in development, with the ability to incorporate extensions to its design and new features.

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in Harvard Style

Araújo A., Portugal D., S. Couceiro M., M. Figueiredo C. and P. Rocha R. (2012). TraxBot - Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-8425-96-6, pages 301-304. DOI: 10.5220/0003713303010304


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart12,
author={André Araújo and David Portugal and Micael S. Couceiro and Carlos M. Figueiredo and Rui P. Rocha},
title={TraxBot - Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2012},
pages={301-304},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003713303010304},
isbn={978-989-8425-96-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - TraxBot - Assembling and Programming of a Mobile Robotic Platform
SN - 978-989-8425-96-6
AU - Araújo A.
AU - Portugal D.
AU - S. Couceiro M.
AU - M. Figueiredo C.
AU - P. Rocha R.
PY - 2012
SP - 301
EP - 304
DO - 10.5220/0003713303010304