Abstract
This paper presents a hands-on laboratory for autonomous mobile robot design courses, which will be offered to the third or fourth year students of the department of electronic engineering in the Lunghwa University of Science and Technology. The aim of the hands-on laboratory is to introduce to the students the basic implementation issues of autonomous mobile robots from a practical point of view. Therefore, a simple line following robot with automatic control algorithms to detect the line position and to steer the motors, and a micro-mouse capable of solving a given maze are devised for the hands-on laboratory. These two autonomous mobile robot kits based on the dsPIC microcontroller are used to help students learn easily both the hardware and software implementation issues. SIMULINK behaviour models are also developed to help students quickly grasp the working principles of these two autonomous mobile robots. All the necessary software is given at no cost to the students during the class.
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