Automatic Docking to a Battery Charging Station - ROS 2

In this video, I show an autonomous docking application for a two-wheeled mobile robot.

When the battery gets low, the robot automatically navigates to a charging station (also known as docking station) to recharge its battery.

The two most common ways to implement autonomous docking are:

- ARTag (e.g. Neobotix)
- Infrared Receiver and Transmitter (e.g. iRobot Roomba)

In this demo, I assume we know the location of the battery charging station. You can use what I developed here as a template for ARTag or Infrared-based automatic docking.

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[ozcankosar]

Is it possible to do this through a real vehicle? how can I do it?

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