MAP Rover
Mobile Autonomous Pathfinder: a web- and GPS-enabled rover with onboard low-resolution object detection.
It is not much of a rover if it cannot leave the bench.
- NavigationSLAM + EKF
- PerceptionOnboard detection
- Target1+ mile / charge
MAP Rover was built for the point where the floor markings run out. It needed to know roughly where it was outside, not just show off individual features in a demo.
SLAM and an EKF helped estimate where the rover was and which data to trust next. A web interface kept that information handy without hauling the whole thing back to the bench.
GPS + local sensors
→ estimate pose
→ detect + plan
→ drive + report





