Research Article
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The Basics in Designing a Mobile Robot

Filip Filakovský1,, Michal Kelemen1

1Department of Mechatronics, Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kosice, Slovak Republic

Journal of Automation and Control. 2017, 5(2), 81-84. DOI: 10.12691/automation-5-2-11
Published online: December 11, 2017

Abstract

This document provide a basic information about designing a mobile robots for beginners. At the start going to be describe some basic math formulas for correct design of robot chassis. After that is possible to talk about a micro-controllers, sensors and communication between them.

Keywords:

mobile, robot, raspberry, Arduino, serial, parallel, communication, drive
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