An obstacle-edging reflex for an autonomous lawnmower
Kathryn A. Daltorio, A. D. Rolin, Jonathan A. Beno, Bradley E. Hughes, Alexander Schepelmann, Michael S. Branicky, Roger D. Quinn, James M. Green · IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium · 2010
We developed a controller that allows our prototype lawnmower, CWRU Cutter, 1st place winner of the 2009 ION Autonomous Lawnmower Competition, to follow pre-defined paths and reflexively edge around obstacles before returning to the path. CWRU Cutter is equipped with localization sensors (GPS) and obstacle detecting sensors (LIDAR and camera).