E-Learning: Case Studies in Web-Controlled Devices and Remote Manipulation December 2001 by: Tarek Sobh, Raul Mihali, Puneet Batra, Amit Singh, Sudip Pathak, Tomas Vitulskis, Andrew Rosca

Distance Learning As an Education System n The e-learning choice n Impact of technology / internet n Education cost reduction n International students n Faculty / Campus-facilities / Course- schedules: no longer boundaries

Projects Implemented Towards DL Education n Mobile Robot Controlled by a Phone n Internet Based Software Library for the SIR-1 Serial Port Controlled Robot n Internet Based Computer Vision Framework For Security, Surveillance And Tracking Applications n Internet Controlled Satellite Transponder (Using A Remotely Controlled Robotic Manipulator)

Mobile Robot Controlled by a Phone An application of a Robot with a phonechip

Mobile Robot Controlled by a Phone n Ring Detect and Phone Line Connection n Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) Decoder n Clock Division Module n Ring Detect Module n Motor Control Module n Robot Control Module

Mobile Robot Controlled by a Phone PHONEBOT – Basic Block Diagram

Internet Based Software Library for the SIR-1 Serial Port Controlled Robot n Web Based Control / Remote Automation n API functions for SIR-1 Remote Manipulation: direct / inverse kinematics, multiple simultaneous serial-port-communication interfacing, link speed control

Internet Based Software Library for the SIR-1 Serial Port Controlled Robot

Internet Based Computer Vision Framework For Security, Surveillance And Tracking Applications n Vision Framework for Real-Time Tasks with Off-The- Shelf Hardware n Early processing (Gaussian Filters, Histogram Normalization, Color Filtering) n Feature Extraction (Edge Detection, Line / Ellipse detection, Region Growing, Region Splitting, MinMax point extraction) n Feature Matching

Internet Based Computer Vision Framework For Security, Surveillance And Tracking Applications acquisition color filtering conversion to monochrome Gaussian blur thresholding MinMax feature extractor heuristic feature detection feature matcher match result

Internet Controlled Satellite Transponder (Using A Remotely Controlled Robotic Manipulator) n remote control of a satellite transponder through a robotic manipulator mechanically changing controls on the receiver n interfacing between robot and server (RS-232) n interfacing between receiver and server n interfacing between server and internet n teaching the robot (trajectory planning and generation)

Internet Controlled Satellite Transponder (Using A Remotely Controlled Robotic Manipulator) remote PC Internet server robotic manipulator receiver satellite transponder video interface