Intelligent Navigation of Golf-Ball Collecting Robot using Electronic Compass and Infrared Boundary Sensors

We implemented an intelligent system for the autonomous golf ball collection robots using electronic compass and infrared sensor. The whole system is composed of two subsystems including electronic compass system and boundary detection system. If the distribution of the golf ball on the ground can be ignored, the scanned collection via the straight navigation of the robot would be the most efficient strategy. In the scanning mode, robot should be able to move at a given target direction. In order to control the robot to move towards a specific direction, a high quality compass is used. The infrared sensor is used for the boundary detection system in consideration of its high sensitivity, strong directivity an narrow light width. The experiments showed the good performance of the implemented system.