Design and Development of a Web Platform for Generating and Optimizing Patrol Routes for the PGuard Robot

Track

Full Stack — Topic 03

Project description

For the operation of the PGuard autonomous security robot, Enova Robotics aims to develop a standalone web platform capable of automatically generating and optimizing patrol routes for a site.

Features to design and develop

• Role management: administrators create user or administrator accounts and assign robots to users. Each user is responsible for one or more assigned robots and manages only those robots.
• Administrator dashboard: monitor each user and their robots' activities, including generated routes, completed patrols, distance, duration and battery consumption.
• Site map design: use Leaflet and OpenStreetMap to define patrol areas, navigable paths, restricted zones and the charging station.
• Route network generation: convert drawn paths or OSM data into a graph with nodes and weighted edges.
• Checkpoint management: place checkpoints with priorities and visit frequencies.
• Optimal route generation: cover all checkpoints and return to the charging station using shortest-path algorithms such as Dijkstra and A*, together with visit-order optimization using nearest neighbor and 2-opt methods.
• Constraint handling: account for battery range, restricted zones and more frequent visits to high-priority checkpoints.
• Simulation and robot status: provide an animated simulation of the robot following the route, including distance, duration and battery information, as well as robot states such as idle, patrolling and charging.
• Route management and reporting: support route comparison, history, route export in GeoJSON/JSON and PDF report generation.

Duration

4 to 6 months.

Candidate profile

Final-year Computer Science or Software Engineering student who is self-motivated and inquisitive, with an interest in robotics and algorithms.

Required skills

• React
• Node.js / Express
• MongoDB
• REST APIs
• JWT authentication
• Leaflet and mapping
• Solid fundamentals in algorithms, including graphs and shortest paths
• Git

Docker is a plus.