a Record control number 000275498700004

a ISSN 0949-149X

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number LB1028

b Item number .E38 2010

a Personal name Abiyev, Rahib H.,

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title EDURobot: an Educational Computer Simulation Program for Navigation of Mobile Robots in the Presence of Obstacles

c Statement of responsibility, etc R. Abiyev, Dogan Ibrahim, B.Erin.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2010.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Tempus Publications,

a Summary, etc In engineering education different experimental exercises are provided to students in order to improve the teaching level and provide better understanding of theoretical materials. These exercises might be implemented using educational software tools. In this paper, an educational software tool called EDURobot has been developed to enhance the understanding of robotics for undergraduate and graduate students in computer and electrical and electronic engineering departments. The software tool mainly teaches students the navigation problems of a mobile robot avoiding obstacles in a static environment using different algorithms. The simulation environment is of a menu-driven variety where students can draw obstacles of standard shapes and sizes and assign the starting point of the mobile robot. The robot will then navigate among these obstacles without hitting them and reach the goal point given by the user. Parameters associated with the different algorithms may also be changed to observe their effects which will further enable comprehension of characteristics of different path planning algorithms. The program is developed in Visual C# for Windows platforms. Different algorithms employed in the software are potential field, vector field histogram plus and local navigation.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Robotics education

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Education

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Robot navigation

g Relationship information 2010, Vol 26 Issue 1, p18-29

t Title International Journal Of Engineering Education

x International Standard Serial Number 0949149X