Mobile Path Planning Robot

For the class RBE 3002, we worked with Turtlebot3s that included a mounted LIDAR device. Our goal was simple, navigate a small 5’x5’ maze to locate and extinguish a candle. While working on this project we learned how to use ROS (Robot Operating System) to control this Turtlebot. We used the LIDAR to map and navigate the maze while utilizing SLAM to avoid obstacles. Using the A* Algorithm we were able to determine the optimal route for our Turtlebot to take.