navigation of a map by a robot

Hi everybody I have a problem with my final year project...
I have to load a map in my PC and move my robot to that position where-ever the mouse is clicked in the MAP....(actually it's about Navigating.)
I have got no IDEA even how to load a MAP and make GUI....so that ROBOT moves to that position...
please help..
EVERY HELP SHALL BE APPRECIATED

Hi jerkymotion,
Try LabVIEW it has cool features such as easy hardware interfacing, Image processing, Closed loop control etc. Pretty easy to start as it uses graphical programming.

will u please elaborate about LabVIEW
Actually I was trying to use the preloaded map in my PC(using visual C++) and make GUI such that if I click in MAP it sends command to microcontroller via serial port so that the robot gets to that position...

Please help is needed immediately

Hello,
LabVIEW is an software for Virtual Instrumentation. It is graphical programming language for Test, Measurement and Control.
Developing code in C++ is fine and But LabVIEW saves your life because of its short learning curve, specialized for Engineers and Graphical programming. we would be sketching flow chart for text based programming languages. But in LabVIEW, Programming ends there!!!. Ya, all you have to do is drag and drop icons, wire it, code is ready.
It has many cool features Serial in and out (called VISA), Signal processing and analysis, Graphs, Displays, LED, Knobs etc. Once got a grip, you will be enjoying the programming.
You would be interested to start, Check this website https://www.ni.com/labview/
Evaluation version of LabVIEW can be got at https://www.ni.com/trylabview/
Hope this helps you :smile:

actually i want to load a map in robot and send command to robot just by simply clicking on the map..and robot must move to that particular location...
I am using open cv(image processing for obstacle detection) and have made GUI using visual C++...so I want to use visual C++ to load the map

do i have to load map with help of text file..like in games ...
if so how to do it ...please help