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Robotic Exploration and Landmark Determination: Hardware-Efficient Algorithms and FPGA Implementations

Robotic Exploration and Landmark Determination: Hardware-Efficient Algorithms and FPGA Implementations - K. Sridharan
Author: 
K. Sridharan
Author: 
Panakala Rajesh Kumar
Book Category: 
FPGA
Published on: 
2008
ISBN-13: 
978-3540753933
ISBN-10: 
3540753931
ASIN: 
3540753931
Publisher: 
Springer; 1 edition

Much of the research effort in mobile robots in the recent past has been on sensing and design of time-efficient algorithms for tasks such as localization, mapping and navigation. Mobile robots typically employ an embedded computer for high level computations. As applications of robots expand, there is a need to investigate architecturally efficient choices for this embedded computing platform. In particular, it is valuable to process data to obtain time, space and energy-efficient solutions for various robotic tasks.

This book presents hardware-efficient algorithms and FPGA implementations for two robotic tasks, namely exploration and landmark determination. The work identifies scenarios for mobile robotics where parallel processing and selective shutdown offered by FPGAs are invaluable. The book proceeds to systematically develop memory-driven VLSI architectures for both the tasks. The architectures are ported to a low-cost FPGA with a fairly small number of system gates. A robot fabricated with this FPGA on-board serves to validate the efficacy of the approach. Numerous experiments with the robot are reported.

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FC guest (not verified)
April 14, 2008 - 11:10pm

This is a refreshing

This is a refreshing addition to the field of robotics and FPGAs. High level tasks in mobile robotics via FPGAs is an interesting idea.

Especially of interest to practitioners is the sample program. The robotic exploration and the landmark determination chapters are very nice.

I like the suggested mini-projects too and the vast set of references.

On a scale of 5, I would give a rating of 4 for this book.


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