Software for specification and monitoring of mobile robots missions

Abstract

The need of a software used for a mission control and maintenance of a group of robots increases with the expansion of mobile robotics applications. This paper discusses requirements for a software dedicated for semiautonomous mission planning, execution and monitoring. The authors present a working solution proposal whichmeets themajority of requirements stated before. The designed software contains path planning and trajectory generating algorithms necessary for the navigation of robots. The solution is equipped with an additional tool used to create surroundings for the mission in the simulation environment. The software is an universal tool which allows its application with different types of robots and missions. The applications of the system confirm the demand for mission control software and the results obtained from tests of the project prove its design propriety.