Redblade: Miami University’s Multi-functional Autonomous Robot

Richard Marcus, James Morton, Robert Cole, Yu Morton, Peter Jamieson

Abstract:	2014 Autonomous Snowplow Competition Paper. The Fourth Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition held from 25-26 January 2014 in Rice Park in Saint Paul, MN was a terrific success. Redblade is a multi-functional autonomous robot with two seasonal configurations which allow it to plow snow in the winter and mow grass in the summer. We are currently on the 6th generation of the Redblade platform which is an updated version of last year's platform with completely redesigned software, four-wheel drive, obstacle avoidance, and new navigation algorithms. This report presents the design and implementation of the Redblade mechanical platform, sensor components, software architecture, control algorithm, and safety systems.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2014) September 8 - 12, 2014 Tampa Convention Center Tampa, Florida
Pages:	559 - 568
Cite this article:	Marcus, Richard, Morton, James, Cole, Robert, Morton, Yu, Jamieson, Peter, "Redblade: Miami University’s Multi-functional Autonomous Robot," Proceedings of the 27th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2014), Tampa, Florida, September 2014, pp. 559-568.
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