Development of Intelligent mobile platform for Decartus system : Mobile video surveillance system
Shults, Stanislav (2011)
Shults, Stanislav
Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105178208
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201105178208
Tiivistelmä
Unmanned vehicles are used in many areas related to security systems and defence. Our team create an UGV under the Decartus project. This system provides quality video surveillance system with built in autopilot system and remote control over the Internet. The objective of my thesis was to designed and prototype intelligent mobile platform with a possibility of data exchange with PC over 1 km range. The secondary objective was to create and implement autonomous navigation system based on GPS technology.
I started my work getting to know with different types of mobile platforms with main attention on wheels type. Then I focused on GPS system and methods direction calculation. In order to improve navigation system I looked for a compass module and programmed it. After that I searched market for distance sensors and robotic video cameras. Next step was to establish wireless connection between the platform and the PC. Finally I prototyped the mobile platform.
This kind of system can be easily used for any unmanned vehicles with appropriate configurations depending on purposes to use. These systems are mostly used in defence, security and research areas.
I found various mobile platform models, GPS receivers and robotic cameras and chose most suitable ones for Decartus system. Then I did numerous experiments, implementations and reached good results. This system provides stable wireless data communication with PC and programmable autonomous mode. It can follow the pre-defined path, avoid obstacles and return to the starting point, in case connection loss. This platform can be equipped with different sensors in order to provide addi-tional information. From my point of view this system can be very useful in the future when people can use it in dangerous situation and places without any risk for their health.
I started my work getting to know with different types of mobile platforms with main attention on wheels type. Then I focused on GPS system and methods direction calculation. In order to improve navigation system I looked for a compass module and programmed it. After that I searched market for distance sensors and robotic video cameras. Next step was to establish wireless connection between the platform and the PC. Finally I prototyped the mobile platform.
This kind of system can be easily used for any unmanned vehicles with appropriate configurations depending on purposes to use. These systems are mostly used in defence, security and research areas.
I found various mobile platform models, GPS receivers and robotic cameras and chose most suitable ones for Decartus system. Then I did numerous experiments, implementations and reached good results. This system provides stable wireless data communication with PC and programmable autonomous mode. It can follow the pre-defined path, avoid obstacles and return to the starting point, in case connection loss. This platform can be equipped with different sensors in order to provide addi-tional information. From my point of view this system can be very useful in the future when people can use it in dangerous situation and places without any risk for their health.