Manual and Autonomous Mode based Navigation using Human Robot Interaction on a Robotic Vehicle

This paper describes how different algorithms are implemented on autonomous robots like GoPiGo robot and Turtlebot. A* and behavioral-based algorithms are programmed and used in this work. The GoPiGo robot is a vehicle control device; it can work in either manual or autonomous mode. Based on human instruction, the robot can switch back and forth between manual and autonomous control. A switching-based module is used to select the signals in manual mode and automated control signals in the automated mode. This research is a work in progress, and the next stage is using the Turtlebot to achieve the implementation of this work.