Microcontroller-based wall-following automated guided vehicle

Abstract

A microcontroller-based automated guided vehicle (AGV) was developed to provide a low-cost solution for intelligent driver-less navigation. The automated guided vehicle was implemented as an autonomous mobile platform that does not have the need for floor guidance tracks and is able to commute from one station to another upon user command. The AGV was able to scan an area by wall-following, storing coordinates of encountered stations, returning and stopping at its origin station and navigate, upon user command, to stored station locations by wall-following.