Location guidance of robots using local positioning system

Abstract

The concept of this project is to achieve precision control of locomotive robots in a vast facility (industrial, universities, and hospitals) by designing a Local Positioning System for that particular facility and defining the coordinates of the robot using that system. This is achieved by setting up cameras at specific points around the facility and by fixing a beacon on the robot. The movement of the beacon is tracked by the cameras and the location is controlled using a control system, the information being passed to the robot via RF waves. This can achieve greater control than one using GPS as the robot is mapped only along a confined area.