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The design and structure of the AQUILO Autonomous Delivery Robot are presented in this paper. The AQUILO robot’s task is to transport small deliveries in such buildings as offices, schools, hospitals. The AQUILO robot is autonomous, that is, after starting a task it works without human supervision or control. Individual components used in AQUILO robot construction, for example drives, sensors as well as control algorithms are described in this paper. The proprietary system for stair detection used in the AQUILO robot to assure its safe operation is also described. The conclusions also contain information about further works on AQUILO robot development.
The AQUILO robot was made with financial support of the AGH Center of Technology Transfer as part of programme Incubator of Innovation.
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Długosz, M., Węgrzyn, P., Roman, M. (2020). Autonomous Delivery Robot AQUILO. In: Bartoszewicz, A., Kabziński, J., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Advanced, Contemporary Control. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50936-1_101
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