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A Robotic Geospacial Surveyor

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This paper discusses the prototyping and testing of a mobile robot system programmed to follow a defined set of tram-lines calculated from a surrounding geo-fence which can be entered using mapping software or from a GPS device. The tracking method uses an on-board compass and a GPS sensor and an application to archaeological scanning is trialled. A solution to controlling the trajectory between latitude and longitude lines is formulated and implemented.

This project was made possible using the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF). Many thanks to Guy Peters and Caroline Sturdy-Colls.

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  1. Staffordshire University, Staffordshire, UK

    Sam Wane

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Ashutosh Natraj

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Stephen Cameron

  3. University of Bristol and the West of En, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Chris Melhuish

  4. Imperial College London Department of Electrical and Electronic, London, United Kingdom

    Mark Witkowski

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Wane, S. (2014). A Robotic Geospacial Surveyor. In: Natraj, A., Cameron, S., Melhuish, C., Witkowski, M. (eds) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8069. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43645-5_35

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