MINOS ’03 Dr John Pote

The Team Dr Tony Wilcox Embedded Systems ROBOtic Inventor Dr Nick Holden Control Expert This guy likes lots of feedback! Dr John Pote CAN bus Joy Stick Software Alan Webb Mechanical Wizard

TIC TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTRE BASED AT MILLENNIUM POINT, BIRMINGHAM INCORPORATES ENGINEERING FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSTITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND OFFERS HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISION, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH Introduction to tic

Millennium Point Where we work

ROBOtic Why? DEVELOPED AS TEACHING PLATFORM, SUITABLE FOR MICROMOUSE AN EDUCATIONAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

ROBOtic Why? USED AS A TEACHING AID FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF AN APPLICATION SUITABLE FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT USED ON FINAL YEAR DEGREE COURSE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS BASIS OF A VARIETY OF STUDENT PROJECTS

ROBOtic Why? PROVIDES A RELEVANT APPLICATION FOR A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES –ELECTRONIC DESIGN –SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT –AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (CAN bus) –COMMUNICATION –CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION

ROBOtic Development CONCEIVED AS MODULAR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE –ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE UNIT –MOTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT –INTELLIGENT SENSOR ARRAYS –MAIN CONTROL UNIT

ROBOtic Development STANDARD UNIT –SWALLOW DC MOTOR DRIVES –SWITCHING MOTOR CONTROLLER –PIC BASED SENSOR BOARDS USING LEDs –PIC 16F877 BASED MAIN CONTROLLER  ICD PROGRAMMING AND DEBUGGING –PROGRAMMING IN C OR ASSEMBLER  CC5X, CCS or PICClite COMPILERS

ROBOtic The Kit

ROBOtic Development STUDENT OPTIONS –STEPPER MOTOR BASED DRIVE –CUSTOM POWER DRIVERS –SENSORS  MICROSWITCH  ULTRASONIC  ANALOG IR –PROCESSOR  A N OTHER PIC, MULTI-PROCESSOR....  INTEL 80C196 (C or FORTH)

FINAL YEAR PROJECTS

ROBOtic Student Experience PROMOTES MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP WORK ENCOURAGES TOP DOWN MODULAR DESIGN PROVIDES A REALISTIC APPLICATION SUITABLE FOR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE APPLICATION GENERATES ENTHUSIASM

ROBOtic IN PRODUCTION

ROBOtic THE COMPETITION Foundation/1 st YEAR LINE FOLLOWER 2 nd YEAR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT