Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 8(4) Special 2014, Pages: 863-864 AENSI Journals Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences ISSN:1991-8178 Journal home page: www.ajbasweb.com Corresponding Author: M. Tarmizi, Department of Electronic & Instrumentation, Faculty of Automation & Engineering Technology, TATI University College, 24000 Terengganu, Malaysia. E-mail: tarmizi@tatiuc.edu.my Intelligent Caddy Robot using Autonomous Tracking System M. Tarmizi, I. Zunaidi, M. Luqman, A. B. Samat, W. Zulkarnain Faculty of Automation & Engineering Technology, TATI University College, 24000Terengganu, Malaysia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received 20 November 2013 Received in revised form 24 January 2014 Accepted 29 January 2014 Available online 5 April 2014 Keywords: GPS Navigation; Digital Compass; Wireless; Autonomous Tracking System Nowadays, golfers will carry their golf bags with trolley manually to the place where the golf ball was hit. Here, the Intelligent Caddy Robot (ICR) is proposed to reduce the load carry by the golfers. The robot was developed by using GPS system use to locate the robot and the golfer position. By combining the GPS signal received and digital compass, the robot is able to determine the position of the golfer. The focus of the project is to navigate the ICR based on golfer GPS coordinate given to the ICR through wireless communication. ICR is designed to be used at golf course to carry golf bag. © 2014 AENSI Publisher All rights reserved. To Cite This Article: M. Tarmizi, I. Zunaidi, M. Luqman, A. B. Samat, W. Zulkarnain., Intelligent Caddy Robot using Autonomous Tracking System. Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci., 8(4): 863-864, 2014 INTRODUCTION Nowadays, golfers will carry their golf bags with trolley manually to the place where the golf ball was hit. Here, the Intelligent Caddy Robot (ICR) is proposed to reduce the load carry by the golfers based on three objectives. First objective is implementing a system that can track a golfer autonomously using GPS coordinate system. ICR can track user by getting a coordinate of user. Second objective is to produce an alternative way to carry a golf bag. Compare to conventional method, here golf bag automatically follow the golfer. Third objective is to develop an Intelligent Caddy Robot for golfer. The ICR can make decision to follow the golfer using the coordinate position automatically. If the user coordinate is within or below 5 meter, ICR will stop. Previous work related to this project in term of obstacle avoidance can be refer to (Zunaidi Ibrahim et al., 2005; Zunaidi Ibrahim et al., 2006). MATERIALS AND METHODS ICR is working based on the Fig. 1 below which summarizes the tracking and movement process. Firstly, satellites acquire and send the coordinate to ICR and user. Secondly, ICR get the user coordinate through wireless from user. Lastly, ICR assisted with electronic compass move towards user. Fig. 1: ICR navigation process.