Mobile Robot Controlled by Phone

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Mobile Robot Controlled by Phone

• Presented by
• Amit K Singh
• Sudip Pathak
• Advisor
• Dr. T M Sobh
• Technical Advisors
• Prof. S. Grodzinsky
• Prof. L. Hmurcik

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneObjective

Control a Personal Robot via phone line for
practical applications in daily life.
Communicate with the robot as we do with our
friends over the phone line.
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction

• A robot is a re-programmable multifunctional
  manipulator designed to move material, parts,
  tools, or specialized devices through variable
  programmed motions for the performance of a
  variety of tasks1.
• 1 The definition developed by the Robot
  Institute of America (RIA), a group within
  Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• Today the concept of Personal Robots are the same
  as that of Personal Computers in the 1970s.
• The first industrial robot saw service in 1962 in
  a car factory run by General Motors in Trenton.
• Early robots were hard to reprogram and failed to
  compete with humans.

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• The ideas about robots were then limited to
• 1) Working in hazardous environments, i.e. land
  mines, offshore oil or nuclear industry.
• 2)  Working in a place inaccessible to
  humans, for example outer space, on the seabed,
  or inside contorted pipe work.
• 3)  Work on scale humans find difficult, for
  example a large scale assembly plant or handling
  tasks, and to manipulate objects at the
  microscopic scale.

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• In the early days, robots were more expensive
  and involved millions of dollars for the
  research.
• For example, Manny was a full scale
  anthropomorphic manikin developed at Battelle's
  Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richand,
  Washington. It took 12 researchers 3 years and 2
  million to develop this robot.

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• Recently Personal Robots have been introduced by
• Sony Corporation Aibo

Aibo can respond to voice commands to sit, stand,
or lie down, it can learn from experience and
express "emotions," such as anger and sadness.
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction

• Probotics, Inc - May 12, 1999,
• Designed for home or office, a new smart and
  affordable personal robot was launched
• Cye, the compact personal robot can do
  a wide variety of tasks such as carry dishes,
  deliver mail, lead guests to a conference room
  and vacuum the carpet.

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• Cye, the compact personal robot can do a wide
  variety of tasks such as carry dishes, deliver
  mail, lead guests to a conference room and vacuum
  the carpet.

Coffee Service (movie)
Mail Delivery (movie)
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneIntroduction and
Background Search

• NEC's Central Research Laboratories

R100 personal robot designed by NEC. This robot
communicates by talking, listening, responding
and acting which is different from the ones that
communicate via keyboard, dial and buttons
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneOur Focus

• Considering the fast paced modern technology, we
  are looking a step ahead.
• Communicating with the robot as we would
  communicate with people around the globe at any
  time.
• The robot will have on board chip that can
  process the information and complete the required
  task i.e. Artificial Intelligence. The robot will
  have the intelligence to complete the requested
  task and send feedback to the user.
• We want to treat the robot like our friend and be
  able to call him from anywhere and at any time.

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneRequirements

• Hardwares
• Talrik II Robot
• Flex 10K70 chipset
• Cellular Phone
• Web Server
• SW resources
• Matlab
• Alteras Max-Plus II
• Visual Basic
• Java
• ASP

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneInterim Progress
Work Flow
Phase II Division of Labor and Scheduling
Phase III Research
Phase IV Calculations, Coding and Experimentations
Phase I Project Identification
Phase V Assemble and Product Ready
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Scheduling and Division of Labor
Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneInterim Progress
Work Division and Scheduling March 25, 2000
Research Work Complete April 6, 2000
PC based Telephony Server complete by Sudip April
13, 2000
Telephone Experiments Complete by Amit April
13,2000
Team Meeting April 15, 2000
Kinematics ready by Sudip April 20, 2000
Bare Bone VHDL codes ready by Amit April 20, 2000
Team Members work together towards the
completion of Project April 23, 2000
Project Ready April 25, 2000
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Mobile Robot Controlled by Phone

• Phase II
• Progress Report

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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneScheme I
Web Server utilizing ASPs
Internet
Transmitter
FPGA chip with decoder and kinematics logic
Receiver with A/D converter
Robot motors
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneScheme II
Web Server utilizing ASPs and Fax software to
generate touch tone
Internet
Cellular receiver and touch tone decoder
FPGA chip with decoder and kinematics logic
Robot motors
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneScheme III
Telephone unit generating touch tone signals
according to user's choice
Internet telephony used to generate touch tone
pulses for the receiving unit
Cellular receiver and touch tone decoder
FPGA chip with decoder and kinematics logic
Robot motors
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Mobile Robot Controlled by PhoneNew Requirements

• PCS call receiving unit
• Digital Data Interface Unit
• Touch Tone Decoder
• MC145436A by Motorola, or
• DM-4 by Viking Electronics, or
• CM8880 DTMF Transceiver