Automated Robot Checkers

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Automated Robot Checkers
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Agenda

• Project Overview
• Specifications and Objectives
• Preliminary Design
• Cost Estimate

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Project Overview
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Background

• Fun and interactive project
• Possible marketability
• Eye catcher

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Purpose of Design

• To create an embedded system that interfaces to
  the PC through the USB port
• Solution
• Artificially intelligent robotic arm controlled
  by an embedded system
• PC GUI used for settings control and to provide
  visual representation of board
• Game interaction monitored through sensors

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IO Diagram
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Specifications
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Specifications Robotic Arm

• Lynx 5 Satellite Arm
• Arm has 4 degrees of freedom and pinchers
• Controlled by 5 servos
• Input pulse width to servo determines degrees of
  rotation (1 - 2 ms)
• 0.72 of accuracy of motion
• 180 of motion range per axis
• Servos operate at 6 V DC

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Specifications Control Unit

• OOPic board with built-in microcontroller OPic
• 20MHz internal clock
• Internal RAM and EEPROM
• Includes OOPic2 firmware
• Serial control protocol (SCP) allows interaction,
  control, and debugging during operation.

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Specifications Control Unit (cont.)
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Servo Explanation
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Preliminary Design
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Pseudo code For Microcontroller
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GUI Prototype
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Metal Contacts
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Magnetic Sensor
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Cost Estimate
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Questions?