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Development of an Autonomous Robotics Platform for Road Marks Painting Using Laser Simulator and Sensor Fusion Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2020

Mohammed A. H. Ali Open the ORCID record for Mohammed A. H. Ali [Opens in a new window] ,
Musa Mailah ,
Khaja Moiduddin ,
Wadea Ameen  and
Hisham Alkhalefah
Mohammed A. H. Ali*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia
Musa Mailah
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
Khaja Moiduddin
Affiliation:
Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Wadea Ameen
Affiliation:
Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Hisham Alkhalefah
Affiliation:
Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: hashem@ump.edu.my
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Summary

The design and experimental works of an autonomous robotic platform for road marks painting are presented in this paper as the first autonomous system of its kind. The whole system involves two main sub-systems, namely: an autonomous mobile robot navigation system which is used for recognizing the roads and estimating the position of road marks, and automatic road marks painting system that is attached to the mobile robot platform to control the spray of the paint on the road’s surface. The experimental results show the capability of the proposed system to perform the task of autonomous road marks painting with accuracy of ±10 cm.

Keywords

Autonomous navigation systemRoad marks paintingLaser simulator (LS)Laser range finder (LRF)Wi-Fi cameraOdometrySensor fusion
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Robotica , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , March 2021 , pp. 535 - 556
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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