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