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Beirute is a small flexible Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) designed
to follow an optical track (40Kb) in the absence of heavy
obstacles. The original mechanical chassis (36Kb) is a
4-wheel drive and steering toy car.
The system uses infrared sensors to follow (69Kb)
a floor-painted track and to detect and recover (38Kb) from
a track interruption by searching and moving towards a passive beacon. The
onboard system includes guidance and speed feedback controllers running on a
80C552 microcontroller (66Kb), infrared sensors,
optical encoders (43Kb) and PWM motor actuators.
The vehicle, developed by Dinis Fernandes, Pedro Brito and Luis Farrolas, was initially designed to compete in the 1995 Festival des Sciences et Technologies, held annually at La Ferté Bernard, France. Nevertheless, its main objective is to be a prototype intended for research in development of intelligent vehicles and for use in the service sector. |
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