Intelligent Algorithms Based on Data Processing for Modular Robotic Vehicles Control

Abstract

One of the numerous implementations that the Intelligent Systems Lab of the Technological Institute of Piraeus, Greece, has recently accomplished is described in this paper. Within the area of hand-on autonomous robotics, the project combines computer science in modern wireless network protocol communication, with microcontroller-based intelligent motion-control tasks. The design of the presented pair of versatile robots is intended for a predator and prey application domain. Both robot designs are based on low cost and easy to find equipment, though modern and up-to-date technology. Two different multitasking and flexible algorithms are designed in order to investigate their performance and compare the outcomes. In particular, an intelligent algorithm based on data capturing and processing within a tolerable elapsed time is presented, with two different performance scenarios explained and compared in detail.