Navigating for pedestrians in indoor environments is a challenging problem because GPS signals are not very strong and the indoor environment is very irregular. This paper presents a dependable system, MVP, that employs a robot exploration car with an ESP32 and ESP32-CAM to record movement data. The system follows the movement of the car, records the direction and distance to create a detailed replica of the indoors. The processed data produces an indoor map of high resolution, which can be viewed through a web server. The places can be marked, and the system provides direct search and, therefore, allows finding the necessary place and gives directions, reducing the time spent on it. The system is very flexible and can easily be installed in other sectors like the healthcare facilities and shopping malls. The proposed system managed to produce accurate representations of indoor environments and offered real-time navigation assistance with low latency. The results proved its utility in enhancing the indoor navigation in different environments. The challenges include the decrease in the accuracy of the sensors over time, the need for a stable Wi-Fi connection for data sharing among the modules, the limitations of the computational capabilities of the ESP32 boards, and the problems of the recognition of dynamic obstacles. Also, the battery capacity limitation and the need for an operator to set up the robot at the start limit its mobility and flexibility.

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MVP: A Mapping, Video, and Pathfinding System

  • P. Venkatadri Reddy,
  • M. Venkat Prashanth,
  • K. Hemesh Verma,
  • Meena Belwal

摘要

Navigating for pedestrians in indoor environments is a challenging problem because GPS signals are not very strong and the indoor environment is very irregular. This paper presents a dependable system, MVP, that employs a robot exploration car with an ESP32 and ESP32-CAM to record movement data. The system follows the movement of the car, records the direction and distance to create a detailed replica of the indoors. The processed data produces an indoor map of high resolution, which can be viewed through a web server. The places can be marked, and the system provides direct search and, therefore, allows finding the necessary place and gives directions, reducing the time spent on it. The system is very flexible and can easily be installed in other sectors like the healthcare facilities and shopping malls. The proposed system managed to produce accurate representations of indoor environments and offered real-time navigation assistance with low latency. The results proved its utility in enhancing the indoor navigation in different environments. The challenges include the decrease in the accuracy of the sensors over time, the need for a stable Wi-Fi connection for data sharing among the modules, the limitations of the computational capabilities of the ESP32 boards, and the problems of the recognition of dynamic obstacles. Also, the battery capacity limitation and the need for an operator to set up the robot at the start limit its mobility and flexibility.