Design and development of an autonomous mobile smart vehicle: a mechatronics application
Mechatronics is a synthesis of mechanical and electronic domains that overlap in the design of complex systems. It represents the multidisciplinary technological backbone of today's smart products. An autonomous mobile robot is a smart product that has mechatronics blended into its design configuration. The research describes the design and development of an autonomous mobile vehicle that can exhibit intelligent behaviors such as obstacle avoidance, and response to light and sonar inputs so as to exist and behave as an intelligent entity that accommodates its changing environment. The paper also focuses on the behavior characterization of various analog and digital transducers, such as infrared, sonar, and light sensors. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
mechatronics mobile robots sensors artificial intelligence