Development of software for mobile robot control over a radio frequency communications link

Matthew B. Lister, Elizabethtown College
Joseph T. Wunderlich, Elizabethtown College

Abstract

The development of the software for mobile robot control over a radio frequency communication link was discussed. Software development was started and initially tested over a crossover cable connecting the two serial ports. The robots on-board computer would perform the computations so that the robot would not need to send any information to the controlling computer. When the stream of information was sent it was initialized by a start byte.