A LEGO Mindstorms multi-robot setup in the Automatic Control Telelab

Obstacle Avoidance Method for a Group of Humanoids Inspired by Social Force Model

“…The repulsive effects of equations (4) and (5) only hold for situation that are perceived in the [6] pedestrian's field of view (FOV, 2φ). In order to take this effect of perception into account, it need to introduce the direction dependent weights and :…”

“…Comparing with the other obstacle/collision avoidance equations which were used in some algorithms [6][7][8][9], the use of FOV in this algorithm will become a distinctive factor, with the others. In the experiment, the value of φ is set to 60°.…”

Robotic Competitions: Teaching Robotics and Real-Time Programming with LEGO Mindstorms

“…Other examples that can be found in the literature implement even more complex control algorithms, such as Extended Kalman Filter [Pinto et al, 2012] and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) techniques [Oliveira et al, 2009]. Other interesting Lego Mindstorm applications involve remote control experiments [Casini et al, 2011, Grandi et al, 2011, Multi-Agent Systems [Benedettelli et al, 2009] and Swarm Intelligence based algorithms [Brigandi et al, 2010].…”

A Mobile Robots Experimental Environment with Event-Based Wireless Communication

“…The experimental results show the goodness of the event-trigger approach compared to time-driven control, reducing the communication between agents. Furthermore, in contrast to other works, as for example [12,15], in which a costly platform for indoor or outdoor experimentation is used, we give a detailed description of our low-cost hardware platform, and how it was implemented in LEGO robots, in order to help readers who are considering building a similar system for research, educational purposes [17], or to mimic real world exploratory applications [18]. …”