An Educational Autonomous Mobile Robot – Measurement of Accuracy

In this paper, after a brief explanation about a mobile robot’s mechanical specifications, some experimental tests are conducted on the mobile robot. These tests are based on previously performed common experiments. The results are expressed in terms of error percentages using statistical methods. At the next stage, the error sources in the experiments are discussed, when the mobile robot follows a given path. Results of the tracking of the reference path are given.

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