# Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 32 (2026)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2026

Copyright © 2026 Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague

 

Pohludka J., Vechet S., Krejsa J., Chen K.S.
pages 105 - 108, full text

This article describes the design of a robotic head desingned for the autonomous indoor navigation of a bipedal walker. The head features modular mechanical interface allowing the use of various panels equipped with different sensors, displays and other devices, depending on the use-case. The system is powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 running a Python script handling the operation of the LiDAR sensor, cameras and other modules. System also runs a lightweight local YOLO model for object detection. A TCP communication is implemented to send raw sensor data, camera frames and optionally YOLO results to an external device for processing or monitoring. System provides data necessary for localization using a Particle Filter. The fusion of these sensors creates a foundation for robust SLAM algorithms.

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