Robot Navigation Algorithm Based on Sensor Technology and Iterative Maximum a Posteriori Estimation

Abstract

The hybrid sensor network is mainly composed of static and dynamic sensor nodes. The dynamic node is the mobile robot with wireless sensor module installed. This paper proposes a robot navigation algorithm based on sensor technology and iterative maximum a posteriori estimation. It uses Kalman filter and least-squares fitting to improve RSSI measurement accuracy and the mobile robot only needs to use the received signal strength (RSSI) and odometer information to realize autonomous navigation in the sensing area. Moreover, static nodes are randomly deployed in the sensing area without a priori location information. Therefore, this algorithm has the advantages of low cost and ease of deployment. Both simulation and outdoor field experiments show the performance and effectiveness of the algorithm.