\chapter{Experiment 1: Original Movement Behaviour}
-\todo
+\todo{}
\section{Setup}
-\begin{figure}[htp]
+\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{./images/IMAGE_00079.jpg}
- \caption{Roomba with netbook}
+ \caption{Roomba with netbook\label{fig:roombasetup}}
\end{figure}
-\begin{figure}[htp]
+\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{./images/IMAGE_00148.jpg}
- \caption{Measuring turn angles with laser pointer}
+ \caption{Measuring turn angles with laser pointer\label{fig:laserpointer}}
\end{figure}
-Description of experiment setup: netbook on Roomba, application
-"`roomba\_tests"' started which took care of the input values, user was asked
-to measure \& input the data. there were Turn tests and straight drive tests,
-different floor types: laminate and carpet floor.
+The test equipment consisted of a small Intel Atom netbook which was mounted on
+an iRobot Roomba~500 robot. The netbook controlled the Roomba over a
+\acs{USB}-to-serial converter plugged into the Open Interface port on the
+Roomba, and hosted as the environment for executing the Wiselib code (see
+fig.~\ref{fig:roombasetup}).
-drive tests: measuring was done with measuring tape. error perpendicular to
-roomba's viewing direction was too small to be measured.
+In the first experiment, the original movement behaviour of the Roomba was
+measured to establish a pool of data for correction approaches to work on.
+There was no error correction involved, and the Roomba started right off with
+the full velocity the movement was executed with; so there was no control to
+adhere a constant acceleration when starting or stopping the movement.
-velocities = 20, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400 mm/s \\
-distances = 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 mm
+The tests were done in two atomic drive modes: letting the Roomba drive a
+specific straight distance with a specific velocity in its viewing direction and
+letting it turn on the spot with a specific velocity about a specific angle.
+Each of the two modes was carried out on two different floor types, a laminated
+floor and a carpet floor, to see if the movement behaviour significantly
+depended on the floor type.
-turn tests: measuring with polar coordinate system of about 1~m diameter, roomba
-in the center, laser pointer points to measured value.
+The actual travelled distance of the straight drive tests were determined using
+a measuring tape with an accuracy of 1~mm. Only the distance in the Roomba's
+original viewing direction was considered, as the offset perpendicular to the
+viewing direction and a possible shift in orientation were too small to be
+measured precisely.
+
+The actual turn angles of the turn tests were determined using a DIN~A0 sheet
+of paper with a printed polar coordinate system in which a circular hole was cut
+in the center to let the Roomba's wheels touch the floor. The sheet was fixed
+on the floor, and the Roomba was aligned in the center of the paper. A laser
+pointer attached to the Roomba pointed to the current orientation on the paper,
+as shown in fig.~\ref{fig:laserpointer}. The accuracy for these tests was
+1~degree.
+
+After the initial setup, the application \definition{\cmd{roomba\_tests}} (see
+section~\ref{sec:impl:measuring}) was started on the netbook for half-automatic
+testing. It used a predefined array of nominal distances, angles and velocities
+and for each pair of distance (for straight drive tests) or angle (for turn
+tests) and velocity it used the Wiselib implementation to move the Roomba. Then
+it asked the user to input the measured distance or angle the Roomba had moved
+and repeated the process until each combination of distance/angle and velocity
+was used. The nominal and input values were written to a log file, as well as
+the floor type, the Roomba ID, the \ac{SVN} revision the program was built
+from, the battery status, and other internal implementation-specific values.
+
+For the straight drive tests, the arrays with predefined values were:\\
+\begin{tabular}[h!]{ll}
+ Distances: & 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000~mm \\
+ Velocities: & 20, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 300, and 400~mm/s \\
+\end{tabular}
+
+For the turn tests, the arrays with predefined values were:\\
+\begin{tabular}[h!]{ll}
+ Turn angles: & 5, 15, 30, 45, 90, 120, 180, 360, 530, and 720~degree \\
+ Velocities: & 20, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 300, and 400~mm/s \\
+\end{tabular}
+According to the implementation of the Wiselib Roomba control, the velocities
+were given in mm/sec and referred to the distance the wheels travelled when
+the Roomba turned on the spot, which was a circle of 230~mm in diameter.
-velocities = 20, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400 mm/s\\
-turn angles = 5, 15, 30, 45, 90, 120, 180, 360, 530, 720 degree
\section{Results}
-\begin{figure}
+
+The following graphs show the difference from the measured value to the input
+value for driving or turning with different velocities. Positive values mean
+that the Roomba had turned too much or travelled more than the target value,
+negative values mean that the Roomba had turned or travelled less.
+
+\begin{figure}[pt!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/iz250flur_drive_data.pdf}
- \caption{foo}
+ \caption{Original behaviour on laminated floor, straight drive tests
+ \label{fig:orig:lam:drive}}
\end{figure}
-\begin{figure}
+\begin{figure}[pb!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/iz250flur_turn_data.pdf}
- \caption{foo}
+ \caption{Original behaviour on laminated floor, turn tests
+ \label{fig:orig:lam:turn}}
\end{figure}
-\begin{figure}
+\begin{figure}[pt!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/seminarraum_drive_data.pdf}
- \caption{foo}
+ \caption{Original behaviour on carpet floor, straight drive tests
+ \label{fig:orig:carpet:drive}}
\end{figure}
-\begin{figure}
+\begin{figure}[pb!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{images/seminarraum_turn_data.pdf}
- \caption{foo}
+ \caption{Original behaviour on carpet floor, straight drive tests
+ \label{fig:orig:carpet:turn}}
\end{figure}
-Absolute error becomes greater with increasing velocity and input value, but
-error is smaller on carpet floor.
+Figure~\ref{fig:orig:lam:drive} shows that the error becomes greater
+with increasing input distance when driving straight on the
+laminated floor, however, in fig.~\ref{fig:orig:carpet:drive} we see the
+opposite effect on the carpet floor, the error decreases with greater input
+distance. This could happen due to imprecise measurement of distances in either
+the Roomba's sensors or the Wiselib implementation that controls the Roomba, or
+both. Also slippage of the wheels on the laminated floor could be possible,
+explaining the descending
+On the other hand, rising the velocity always seems to cause the
+error to increase.
+
\todo{statistical values, stddev?}
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