Robotics Educational and Research Platform
Description
The Robotics Educational and Research Platform has been designed as a platform for practical hands-on works and as an open platform for robotics algorithms design and development. The mobile robot is based on a four-wheeled mobile platform equipped with microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) with 10 degrees of freedom, a manipulator with 2 degrees of freedom, a color camera on controlled servomotors, an ultrasonic and infrared distance sensors.
The platform has been developed using National Instruments Virtual Instrumentation and reconfigurable powerful NI myRIO hardware platform. The platform can be controlled and configured over the Wi-Fi connection from a personal computer with MS Windows operating system, as well as from mobile device based on Android operating system. Both research groups and high schools or university students can benefit from using this platform.
Features
Simultaneous and independent control of motors using NI myRIO controller
Control of a manipulator with 2 degrees of freedom
Control of camera view direction using servomotors
Implementation of measurements and data acquisition from the following sensors:
1. Ultrasonic distance sensor
2. Infrared distance sensor
3. Digital compass
4. Barometer
5. Accelerometer
6. Gyroscope
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