Mobile Autonomous Robot Vehicle for Indoor Navigation (Marvin) is a mobile

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developed at Robotics Lab at University of Kaiserslautern,

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. This platform consists of a differential drive, a bumper for basic operational safety, planar laser range scanners at the front and back side for obstacle detection, a belt of ultrasonic sensors for recognizing jutting edges such as table tops, a

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, another fixed laser scanner at a

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of one meter for a view free of clutter and a

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system for

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sources. Its control system follows a behavior-based approach and its mapping abilities rely on a 2D geometric and topological strategy.

Technical specifications

*Length: 72 cm *Width: 72 cm *Height: 120 cm *Weight: about 80 kg *Payload: about 100 kg *Power Supply: 2 lead batteries, each 12V *Operation Time: 3 hours *Drive: Differential drive with 2 electric motors *Max. Speed: 4.3 km/h *Controller: 2 Maxon-Motor control system, controlled through a DSP-Board *Computer: 1 onboard PC *Sensors: 2

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Laser scanners, Ultrasonic belt, 2 Microphones, Camera on pan-tilt unit

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marvin (Robot) Individual robots Robots of Germany Differential wheeled robots 2000s robots Technical University of Kaiserslautern