DESIGN OF IMPROVED GRID FOR TURTLE ROBOT

• Main Author: Adnan, Muhammad Zulhilmi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2013
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13496/1/zulhilmi.PDF; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13496/

Turtle robot is known as a two-wheel mobile robot which can be programmed to do various task such as line following, grid following, wall or obstacle detection and the list goes on. Common turtle robot has the capability of performing line following function only. Another turtle robot’s capability is to do grid following, but this function is limited to the designed grid which is 90 degree grid. The objectives of this project are to design an improved grid including new algorithm that suitable for the use with a turtle robot which allows more than straight line and 90 degree grid. The method used in this project is by exploring several implementation of turtle robot with its grid design. This is the followed by developing improved grid design with new algorithm which is then tested continuously to ensure its functionality working flawlessly. As the result, turtle robot now has the capability to follow 45 and 135 as well as 90 degree grid following. In order to follow the grid designed, it must be preprogrammed with only its orientation and the coordinate. It is recommended to improve the algorithm of this turtle robot so that in can follow grid with less mistakes and to achieve its ultimate goal which is for learning purposes.