ROBOtic

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• ROBOtic
• _at_
• MINOS 03
• Dr John Pote

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The Team . . . . . .
Dr Nick Holden Control Expert This guy likes lots
of feedback!
Dr Tony Wilcox Embedded Systems ROBOtic Invento
r
Dr John Pote CAN bus Joy Stick Software
Alan Webb Mechanical Wizard
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Introduction to tic

• 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

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Millennium Point
Where we work
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ROBOtic Why?
AN EDUCATIONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

• DEVELOPED AS TEACHING PLATFORM, SUITABLE FOR
  MICROMOUSE

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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

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ROBOtic Why?

• PROVIDES A RELEVANT APPLICATION FOR A VARIETY OF
  DISCIPLINES
• ELECTRONIC DESIGN
• SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
• AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (CAN bus)
• COMMUNICATION
• CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION

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ROBOtic Development

• CONCEIVED AS MODULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
• ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE UNIT
• MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT
• INTELLIGENT SENSOR ARRAYS
• MAIN CONTROL UNIT

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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 ASSEMBLER
• CC5X, CCS or PICClite COMPILERS

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ROBOtic The Kit
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ROBOtic The Kit
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ROBOtic Development

• STUDENT OPTIONS
• STEPPER MOTOR BASED DRIVE
• CUSTOM POWER DRIVERS
• SENSORS
• MICROSWITCH
• ULTRASONIC
• ANALOG IR
• PROCESSOR
• A N OTHER PIC, MULTI-PROCESSOR . . . .
• INTEL 80C196 (C or FORTH)

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FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
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FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
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FINAL YEAR PROJECTS
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ROBOtic Student Experience

• PROMOTES MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP WORK
• ENCOURAGES TOP DOWN MODULAR DESIGN
• PROVIDES A REALISTIC APPLICATION
• SUITABLE FOR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE APPLICATION
• GENERATES ENTHUSIASM

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ROBOtic IN PRODUCTION
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ROBOtic THE COMPETITION
Foundation/1st YEAR LINE FOLLOWER
2nd YEAR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT