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ROBOtic@
MINOS ’03
Dr John Pote
The Team . . . . . .
Dr Tony Wilcox
EmbeddedSystems
ROBOticInventor
Dr Nick HoldenControl Expert
This guy likes lots of feedback!
Dr John PoteCAN bus Joy Stick Software
Alan Webb Mechanical Wizard
• TIC TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE
BASED AT MILLENNIUM POINT, BIRMINGHAM
• INCORPORATES ENGINEERING FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSTITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND
• OFFERS HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISION, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH
Introduction to tic
Millennium Point
Where
we
work
ROBOtic Why?
DEVELOPED AS TEACHING PLATFORM, SUITABLE FOR MICROMOUSE
AN EDUCATIONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
ROBOtic Why?
• USED AS A TEACHING AID FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
• PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF AN APPLICATION SUITABLE FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
• USED ON FINAL YEAR DEGREE COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS
• BASIS OF A VARIETY OF STUDENT PROJECTS
ROBOtic Why?
• PROVIDES A RELEVANT APPLICATION FOR A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES– ELECTRONIC DESIGN– SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT– AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (CAN bus)– COMMUNICATION– CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION
ROBOtic Development
• CONCEIVED AS MODULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE– ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE UNIT– MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT– INTELLIGENT SENSOR ARRAYS– MAIN CONTROL UNIT
ROBOtic Development
• STANDARD UNIT– SWALLOW DC MOTOR DRIVES– SWITCHING MOTOR CONTROLLER– PIC BASED SENSOR BOARDS USING LEDs– PIC 16F877 BASED MAIN CONTROLLER
ICD PROGRAMMING AND DEBUGGING
– PROGRAMMING IN C OR ASSEMBLERCC5X, CCS or PICClite COMPILERS
ROBOtic The Kit
ROBOtic The Kit
ROBOtic Development
• STUDENT OPTIONS– STEPPER MOTOR BASED DRIVE– CUSTOM POWER DRIVERS– SENSORS
MICROSWITCHULTRASONICANALOG IR
– PROCESSORA N OTHER PIC, MULTI-PROCESSOR . . . . INTEL 80C196 (C or FORTH)
FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
ROBOtic Student Experience
• PROMOTES MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP WORK
• ENCOURAGES TOP DOWN MODULAR DESIGN
• PROVIDES A REALISTIC APPLICATION• SUITABLE FOR SOFTWARE AND
HARDWARE APPLICATION• GENERATES ENTHUSIASM
ROBOtic IN PRODUCTION
ROBOtic THE COMPETITION
Foundation/1st YEAR LINE FOLLOWER
2nd YEAR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT