The Pioneer project
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The PIONEER 3-AT is a wheeled all-terrain experimental mobile robot. It can be equipped with various types of sensors, including front and rear sonar, a laser rangefinder, bumpers, a pan-tilt-zoom colour camera and GPS receiver. Robot motion is controlled by an embedded microprocessor, which communicates with a PC client. This communication is used for sending motion commands to the microcontroller and for data transfer between microcontroller and a PC client. The PC client is mounted on the robot and running under Linux OS. It is equipped with a wireless radio modem and thereby accessible through our network, which makes it an ideal platform for remote control. The onboard PC is able to communicate via wireless LAN (WLAN) with connected computers over the Internet. Delivered software enables to program the robot on various levels, ranging from simple microcontroller commands to complex actions.