RISCBOT: A WWW-enabled mobile surveillance and identification robot
This article describes RISCBOT ( RISCBOT name has been derived from RISC lab and 'bot' of robot), a modular 802.11 b-enabled mobile autonomous robot built at the RISC lab of the University of Bridgeport. RISCBOT localizes itself and successfully fulfills www - enabled online user requests and navigates to various rooms, employing a visual recognition algorithm. This article describes the mechanical design, hardware and software algorithms of the robot, and the web-based interface for communicating with the robot.
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