How do robots implement autonomous navigation? Laser Slam as the preferred solution

With the development of economy and the progress of science and technology, intelligent robot is not a new thing. and the indoor service robot as a newly developed industry, gradually become the current industry, from the earliest start of the sweep robot, family accompany robot, feeding robot, etc. into the public eye.

How to realize the autonomous positioning and navigation of mobile robot in uncertain environment has always been a core problem of robot research, and laser slam technology has become the core technology of robot positioning and navigation with the advantages of stability, reliability and high performance.

As the earliest laser slam technology used in service robot company, domestic think LAN technology (SLAMTEC) recently launched the Robot positioning and navigation development kit, the target users are many service robot manufacturers. This robot positioning and navigation development Kit includes LIDAR Rplidar A2 and positioning navigation control core Slamware, enabling robots to achieve autonomous positioning, automatic mapping, path planning and automatic obstacle avoidance. At the same time, it provides a rich interface, service robot manufacturers only need to complete the robot chassis and application layer development.

It is understood that the development kit is divided into domestic and commercial version, the only difference is the range of LiDAR Rplidar A2, the home version of the range of 6 meters, the commercial version is 16 meters, manufacturers can choose according to the actual needs.

For most of the environment of home, office and so on, the scope of service robot's activities is limited, the location is relatively simple, the manufacturers can choose 6 meters of the home version Development Kit. And shopping malls, exhibition halls and other large buildings, indoor area of up to tens of thousands of square meters, the interior often has a long corridor, ranging from 6 meters to the laser radar can not detect the end of the corridor, the actual map results can not meet the needs, manufacturers need to choose ranging range of 16 meters of commercial development kits.

Environment map built by the 16-metre commercial development kit