Improving the accuracy of a mobile robot for localization and mapping of an unknown environment

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2003
Gümrükcü, Gülşah
This thesis deals with sensor based motion planning of a mobile robot for localization in an unknown environment. Using the developed algorithm the robot may construct the map (GVG) of any bounded environment, and the minimum distance between any two locations in the mapped environment can be determined. In addition, the accuracy of the robot, facing dead-reckoning error can be improved. With this study, the mobile robot finds the optimum path between any two locations in any bounded environment and traces this path with the highest accuracy.

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G. Gümrükcü, “Improving the accuracy of a mobile robot for localization and mapping of an unknown environment,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.