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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 56 - Number 5
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Ibrahim Elshamarka, Abu Bakar Sayuti Saman
10.5120/8885-2882

Ibrahim Elshamarka, Abu Bakar Sayuti Saman . Design and Implementation of a Robot for Maze-Solving using Flood-Fill Algorithm. International Journal of Computer Applications. 56, 5 ( October 2012), 8-13. DOI=10.5120/8885-2882

@article{ 10.5120/8885-2882,
author = { Ibrahim Elshamarka, Abu Bakar Sayuti Saman },
title = { Design and Implementation of a Robot for Maze-Solving using Flood-Fill Algorithm },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { October 2012 },
volume = { 56 },
number = { 5 },
month = { October },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 8-13 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume56/number5/8885-2882/ },
doi = { 10.5120/8885-2882 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Autonomous navigation is an important feature that allows a mobile robot to independently move from a point to another without an intervention from a human operator. Autonomous navigation within an unknown area requires the robot to explore, localize and map its surrounding. By solving a maze, the pertaining algorithms and behavior of the robot can be studied and improved upon. This paper describes an implementation of a maze-solving robot designed to solve a maze based on the flood-fill algorithm. Detection of walls and opening in the maze were done using ultrasonic range-finders. Algorithm for straight-line correction was based on PI(D) controller. The robot was able to learn the maze, find all possible routes and solve it using the shortest one.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Mobile robot obstacle avoidance microcontroller

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