1. TowBot … the robot, the greatest robot ever made. Austin Baylis
Undergraduate Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Austin Baylis: TowBot

2. Objectives Mission Overview Hardware Software Behaviors Challenges
Going Forward
Questions
Austin Baylis: TowBot

3. Mission
Assist the Machine Intelligence Lab at the University of Florida with the secure transportation of vehicles and equipment.
Austin Baylis: TowBot

4. Three wheel, displacement steering
Overview
Three wheel, displacement steering
Mild Steel Frame
Wheel Chair Motors
Sonar
Facial Recognition
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5. Hardware Lead Acid Batteries Wheel Chair Motors Pololu Motor Drivers
ODroid U3
uTinkerer XMEGA Board
Sonar
Logitech C920
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6. Software Ubuntu 14.04 ROS Indigo OpenCV IEEE XMEGA Com. Driver
Facial Recognition
Feature Detection
Tracking
IEEE XMEGA Com. Driver
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7. Behaviors Active facial recognition for access
Follow user to desired location using color thresholding
Basic obstacle avoidance
Continuous tracking
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8. Challenges Poor planning and prioritization Hardware failures
Sonar timing
Communications
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9. Going Forward Make her feel beautiful Remote Control Better Control
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10. Questions
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