Development of a Wireless Device Control Based Mobile Robot Navigation System

Tablets are highly functional and flexible platforms to pair with robotic autonomy and navigation control. The advantage of remotely controlling robots using mobile devices is location independence. New research is merging towards more applications for mobile devices and robotics. Specifically, more emphasis is given to the communication technology that connects mobile devices with robots. In this paper, the design and development of a mobile robot system with tablet is presented in detail. The wireless communications interfaced between the microcontroller, computer and tablet is described. The user is able to navigate the mobile robot to travel through points of interest via a GUI interface on the tablet.