robotics ( automated guided vehicle project as pepole mover )

[karthi01]

i am working on a project of AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (PEOPLE MOVER)... i  need help regarding programming the vehicle for its autonomous operation on a pre planned path, which we have decided based on the  application... we have to control two DC motors, one servo for steering, and there should be obstacle avoidance .. if any obstacle there the vehicle should stop until the path is cleared , and it has to stop in the respective pre planned stations,which is at certain distances , for certain time delay  (say 10 sec- to drop the peple in those stations) . based on the people's input who's travelling on the vehicle, we have to stop the vehicle in the stations .. we have to get input from the user onborad , by providing physical key pads.

in our college we have sbrio 9631, can we use this for programming ... and if so how to start the work.. ? it would be great if anyone helps to start this project...

[Brian_Powell]

I'd recommend studying several of the examples that are included with LabVIEW Robotics.  http://www.ni.com/robotics/

[karthi01]

I HAVE A DOUBT ,WHETHER CAN I PROGRAM MY ROBOT TO TRAVEL IN A FIXED PATH BY sbRIO 9631 and is LABVIEW ROBOTICS MODULE COMPULSORY TO DO THAT?

[Brian_Powell]

No need to SHOUT.

I am confident the sbRIO can solve the problem.  You will need to write code to make that happen, and you will need a good enough sensor package to know the location of the robot.

LabVIEW Robotics is not compulsory, but can save you a lot of time.  Among other things, it has libraries for mapping, navigating, steering, and kinematics.  It also has libraries for talking to common sensors, such as LIDARs, GPS's, IMU's, etc.  All of these would be helpful, but there's no reason you can write your own code to do this.

[Brian_Powell]

Here is an example of a robot (an autonomous helicopter) which does path/waypoint following using single-board RIO.

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-16504