31-03-2010, 06:54 AM
Roadkill - Robotics and Autonomous Systems Project Report
Presented By:
Fredrik Dahlström
Jakob Lublin
Peter Osagie
Abstract
This report is a part of the course Robotics and Autonomous Systems (2D1426), held at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH during the au- tumn of 2003. During the course seven teams were to build one robot each and then compete against each other in a ?oor hockey tournament. This report outlines the mechanical and software design solutions that we decided to implement on our robot.
1 Introduction
An extract from the Collins English Dictionary (Word Finder 7) In the course Robotics and Autonomous Systems, the students are given the assignment of designing, building and programming their own au- tonomous robots, who are to compete against each other in the Robot Ta- ble Hockey Competition. This project report is part of the undergraduate course in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, at the Royal Institute of Technology. The objective of this course is to teach the basics of robotics, and give an understanding for the complications involved in autonomous systems. In the course the students are given the task to construct a quite simple autonomous robot being able to play ?oor hockey. The main parts of the robot are a PIC 16F877 microcontroller mounted on a motherboard, differ- ent kinds of IR-sensors and two 12 V motors. These parts as well as other material such as L EGO TM and MecconoTM were provided by the course leader. Concerning the actual construction of the robot the students are given a lot of freedom, as long as none of the ?oor hockey rules are vio- lated. There were a total of seven project groups, with three members in each group. Each group were to construct their own robot for the tournament held in the end of the course.
Robot ?oor hockey
The game of robot ?oor hockey is played by two autonomous robots on a rink approximately two and a half meters in length and one and a half in width. The surface of the rink is white except for the middle line and the two goal zones. The goals and the puck are equipped with infrared light emitting diodes so that the robots can locate their position. The objective 3 for the robots is to guide the puck into their opponentâ„¢s goal without en- tering the goal zone, and to hinder their opponent from doing the same.
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http://nada.kth.se/kurser/kth/2D1426/rep...adKill.pdf
