LOLA Probabilistic Navigation for Topological Maps

LOLA's entry in the Office Delivery event of the 1995 Robot Competition and Exhibition, held in conjunction with the Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, was the culmination of a three-month design and implementation period for an indoor navigation system for topological maps. This article describes the major components of the robot's navigation architecture. It also summarizes the experiences and lessons learned from the competition.