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PlantBot: A new ROS-based robot platform for fast building and developing

  • Liulong Ma
  • , Yanjie Liu*
  • , Yibo Gao
  • , Chuanming Zhu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Tongji University

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Abstract

In recent years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) is developing rapidly and has been widely used in robotics research because of its flexible, open source, and easy-to-expand advantages. In scientific research, the corresponding hardware platform is indispensable for the experiment. In the field of mobile robots, PR2, Turtlebot2, and Fetch are commonly used as research platforms. Although these platforms are fully functional and widely used, they are expensive and bulky. What's more, these robots are not easily redesigned and expanded according to requirements. To overcome these limitations, we propose Plantbot, an easy-building, low-cost robot platform that can be redesigned and expanded according to requirements. It can be applied to not only fast algorithm verification, but also simple factory inspection and ROS teaching. This article describes this robot platform from several aspects such as hardware design, kinematics, and control methods. At last two experiments, SLAM and Navigation, on the robot platform are performed. The source code of this platform is available: https://github.com/marooncn/plantbot.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages930-935
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538660720
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Oct 2018
Event15th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018 - Changchun, China
Duration: 5 Aug 20188 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018

Conference

Conference15th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangchun
Period5/08/188/08/18

Keywords

  • Fast building
  • Navigation
  • Robot Operating System
  • Robot platform

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