Interactive Aerial-Ground Robot Cooperative Navigation System

A key motivation of autonomous robotics is to replace the physical presence of human to perform certain tasks within an unsafe and critical environment. This is a popular research area in the modern technology industry as many companies are greatly invested into furthering the bounds of autonomous systems.

This research project concludes by proposing a system that aims for a viable distribution of load where both components contribute effectively to reach a common goal.

A prototype has been developed to demonstrate the efficiency and robustness of the proposed collaborative system.

A DJI Spark was used as the UAV and a turtlebot3 as the ground robot to develop the prototype system. An android user interface has been included in the design to allow a level of control for the human user within the system.