Modelo genérico de plataforma robótica omnidirecional em código aberto.

Abstract

Despite robotics being well established in industry since the 1960s, and being consolidated in other areas like defense, health and services, there still are many areas that can be explored. However, the research still presents many challenges. One way to encourage research is to increase the number or researchers, and one way to do that is to facilitate the access of students to the subject. Since robotics frequently involves complex math, the use of a tool with solved solutions can anticipate the interest of students for robotics. With the intention to strenghten research and to provide a base for more ambitious projects, the objective of this work is to develop an omnidirectional mobile robotic platform generic model that moves according to varied commands. To provide the robot for future researches, all of the documents necessary to its construction, including source code(s), will be shared on an on-line platform for the community in a free way. This work is compared to similar works, justifying it’s relevance. Several tests are realized and their results are discussed, resulting in the validation of the control program. Future improvements for the work are mentioned.