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A low cost system for the localization of mobile indoor robots is presented. The system is composed of an emitter located on a wall and a receptor on top of the robot. The emitter is a laser pointer acting like a beacon, and the receptor is a cylinder made out of 32 independent photovoltaic cells. The robot's position and orientation are obtained from the moments when the laser crosses each cell.
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Hernández, S., Torres, J., Morales, C. et al. A New Low Cost System for Autonomous Robot Heading and Position Localization in a Closed Area. Autonomous Robots 15, 99–110 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025550223554
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