Thushan Pathinathanpillai - School of Engineering Technology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Zhen gao - School of Engineering Technology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sahan Wijesinghe - School of Engineering Technology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mobile robots are the most useful and popular droids in the world. Google’s driverless car represents a trend that a mobile robot will become everyone’s common seen vehicle in the forthcoming years. How to design and develop a mobile robot with low price but high performance is a key point and hot topic undergoing. This research is focused on developing and implementing two types of affordable and efficient mobile robots. One is based on Arduino UNO for line following with inferred sensor. The other is integrated with Raspberry Pi, Pi camera, wireless Router and wireless keyboard for remote motion control. The related experiments are designed and test to verify its effectiveness. The proposed approach and technology is also applicable to other types of mobile robots and related mechatronic devices.

Mobile Robots, High Performance, Line Following, Remote Control