Mona: an Affordable Open-Source Mobile Robot for Education and Research

Arvin, Farshad; Espinosa, Jose; Bird, Benjamin; West, Andrew; Watson, Simon; Lennox, Barry

Abstract

Mobile robots are playing a significant role in Higher Education science and engineering teaching, as they offer a flexible platform to explore and teach a wide-range of topics such as mechanics, electronics and software. Unfortunately the widespread adoption is limited by their high cost and the complexity of user interfaces and programming tools. To overcome these issues, a new affordable, adaptable and easy-to-use robotic platform is proposed. Mona is a low-cost, open-source and open-hardware mobile robot, which has been developed to be compatible with a number of standard programming environments. The robot has been successfully used for both education and research at The University of Manchester, UK.

Citation

Arvin, F., Espinosa, J., Bird, B., West, A., Watson, S., & Lennox, B. (2019). Mona: an Affordable Open-Source Mobile Robot for Education and Research. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 94(3-4), 761–775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-018-0866-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 2, 2018
• Online Publication Date: May 23, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 14, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 27, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
• Print ISSN: 0921-0296
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0409
• Publisher: Springer
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 761–775
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-018-0866-9
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1202596