Indoor Map Building by Laser Sensor and Positioning Algorithms

Abstract

This study uses a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) to explore unknown indoor environment and build up a map of the unknown environment. The robot utilizes laser measurement sensor with a indoor localization system to detect obstacles and identify unknown environment. The localization system provides the position of the robot and is used for map comparison. Fuzzy theory is applied to controller design. The proposed control scheme can control the wheeled mobile robot move along walls and avoid obstacles. The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) and the KD-tree are utilized. With sensed data of obstructions and walls, a map of unknown environment can be generated by curve fitting methods.