TowBot … the robot, the greatest robot ever made. Austin Baylis Undergraduate Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Austin Baylis: TowBot
Objectives Mission Overview Hardware Software Behaviors Challenges Going Forward Questions Austin Baylis: TowBot
Mission Assist the Machine Intelligence Lab at the University of Florida with the secure transportation of vehicles and equipment. Austin Baylis: TowBot
Three wheel, displacement steering Overview Three wheel, displacement steering Mild Steel Frame Wheel Chair Motors Sonar Facial Recognition Austin Baylis: TowBot
Hardware Lead Acid Batteries Wheel Chair Motors Pololu Motor Drivers ODroid U3 uTinkerer XMEGA Board Sonar Logitech C920 Austin Baylis: TowBot
Software Ubuntu 14.04 ROS Indigo OpenCV IEEE XMEGA Com. Driver Facial Recognition Feature Detection Tracking IEEE XMEGA Com. Driver Austin Baylis: TowBot
Behaviors Active facial recognition for access Follow user to desired location using color thresholding Basic obstacle avoidance Continuous tracking Austin Baylis: TowBot
Challenges Poor planning and prioritization Hardware failures Sonar timing Communications Austin Baylis: TowBot
Going Forward Make her feel beautiful Remote Control Better Control Austin Baylis: TowBot
Questions Austin Baylis: TowBot