Critical Design Review Ta-Chang Chao,Quang Dang Matt Dean, Brady Wied Bluetooth Robot Control with a PDA

Introduction Problem: Allow a handheld PDA to act as the brain for a robot with Bluetooth technology. Today’s Presentation: Project Status, Scheduling Updates, Potential Problems, Questions

Knowledge Development/Training Microsoft Embedded Visual C Pocket PC Emulator Microsoft Foundation Classes ActivMedia Robotics Interface for Applications(ARIA) GAPI Draw Bluetooth Communications Protocol

Porting ARIA to the Pocket PC Large amounts of functionality needed Pocket PC port did not yet exist Many common features of C++ were not implemented by eVC++ Alternate STL and Winsock libraries

ARIA DLL Production Provide a common linkable library to application developers Removes need to recompile the ARIA library every time an application is made. Incorporate into our example robotics application

User Interface Development Sonar Display On Screen Joystick Interactive Map Component Integration

User Interface Development

Pocket PC to Robot Communication Waiting on Bluetooth adapter Successful connectivity with a wired TCP/IP connection. ARIA designed to allow easy conversion between communication classes (types). Voltage regulator to supply Bluetooth adapter with power.

Control of Robot Simulator Using PDA Emulator

Developing the Robot Application Currently planning two main features: 1. Move the robot with an on screen joystick or by pointing on the map. 2. Corrective positioning using the map.

Potential Problems Not all hardware components have arrived (robot, Bluetooth serial adapter) Serial connection via the Bluetooth adapter

Updated Schedule *Completed tasks shown in red

Conclusion Ahead of schedule Continue to work hard on our subprojects Work with the actual hardware instead of emulators Coordination of efforts to bring the various modules together