01: Line-Following Robot | V-Rep Tutorial

This video shows the step-by-step implementation of modelling a line following robot using the Virtual Robotics Experimentation Platform (V-REP) simulator, which can be downloaded for free at http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/. The line following robot uses Ackermann steering and uses 3 light sensors to follow a line. Please download the required files at (note, the file has been updated for a newer V-REP version and may not look the same as in the video): http://www.edisondev.net/VREP/01LineFollowing The contents are covered include: 00:00 - Introduction 00:43 - Generating a path for your robot to follow 10:25 - Vision sensors addition to your model 22:02 - Graphing vision/light sensor data 27:16 - Vision sensor measurement use in the script 37:59 - Orthographic vs projective vision sensors 41:46 - BONUS: Final Line Following Robot You can download the sample model that I use as part of the tutorial at: http://ubcomechatronics.com/dralgorithmstrikesagain/ I apologize for any mistakes that I made in the video as I am still new to V-REP. There may be better/easier ways of implementing these concepts. The V-REP manual has some excellent step-by-step tutorials and is available at:http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFiles/index.html