A low cost modular robot vehicle design for research and education

In this paper the development of a low cost robotic vehicle for research and education is presented. The vehicle was designed considering minimum cost and maximum capabilities. As a base for testing devices and different type of sensors, a commercially available vehicle was used and modified. Two different version of the prototype vehicle were developed accompanied by the proper software that allows the end user to operate the vehicles as an educational or research platform. The functionality of the vehicles was verified after extensive experimentation.

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