From 2521a0390c2090504e571bdd64ebbf9ffdb0ee2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: divyabudihal Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:41:13 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2f958c8..eb4b93b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # PropBot: An autonomous mobile outdoor robot for data collection -**All of the information you need is in the sections our wiki.** +**All of the information you need is in the sections of our [wiki](https://github.com/hannahvsawiuk/PropBot/wiki).** ## Brief Description of Propbot From 3667a3fa4e8837ae1e402ed9b8de0fc795ae04aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: divyabudihal Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 15:54:54 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index eb4b93b..484a0df 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ Millions of researchers around the world are using run of the mill carts for all of their outdoor data collection needs such as wireless propagation data collection. In response, UBC's Radio Science Lab has proposed Propbot, an autonomous robot that can navigate outdoor routes with ease and reduce the burden of data collectors. Propbot is a ruggedized outdoor robot on which collection equipment can be mounted that will autonomously navigate to points of interest set by a user and collect data at these points. Our team designed a holistic autonomy system for Propbot that uses sensors and intelligent decision making to navigate through unknown environments safely. We used sensors such as GPS, inertial units, lidars, cameras, and ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles and estimate the position of the robot in the world. Our system employs well-tested algorithms to compute optimal paths to each point of interest set by the user on our graphical user interface and movements required to avoid new obstacles on this path. In order to test this system, we created a simulated Propbot and a simulation environment of the student union area at UBC with static and dynamic obstacles such as trees, cones, buildings, and pedestrians. Our autonomy system has laid the foundation for Propbot's capabilities, and we hope to see our system helping data collectors in the future! [Check out our video!](https://youtu.be/n_DzKzxRUH4) - -**Keywords:** *robotics, AMR, mobile robot, autonomy, ROS, package, outdoor robot, waypoint, navigation, SLAM, visual odometry, motion planning, state estimation, open-source, differential drive, UBC, Radio Science Lab*