1. ROBOtic @ MINOS ’03 Dr John Pote

2. 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

3. 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

4. Millennium Point Where we work

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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. ROBOtic The Kit

12. 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)

13. FINAL YEAR PROJECTS

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

17. ROBOtic IN PRODUCTION

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