1. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Assembly competition of mobile robots

2. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Objectives  Build several competitors mobile robots (assembly includes the mechanical bodies and sensor fusion), to find a hidden beacon inside a room.  Do research and development of algorithms to find the beacon before any other robot does it first.

3. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Procedure Literature review (September) Programming Exercise (October) Hardware Assembly (November) Preventive Troubleshooting (January) Testing (February) Pre-competition (March) Competition (April) Preparation for the presentation (May)

4. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Projects l TALRIK II Mobile Robot –An Inexpensive, Autonomous, Programmable, Mobile Robot. l TJ PRO Mobile Robot –An Autonomous, Programmable, Mobile Robot l ROBOBUG Mobile Robot –An Autonomous, Programmable, Six-Legged Walking Robot l MINDSTORM Lego Robotics Kit –An Autonomous, Programmable, Robotics Invention System

5. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Components  Robot - Sensors - Motors - Microcontrollers  Personal Computer  Control Algorithms and Programming languages  Infrared transmitter

6. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Robots

7. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Robots

8. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Skills to be developed by participants  Work in teams.  Work in a time schedule project.  Get familiarized with the operation of a real mobile robot.  Be exposed to mechanical and electronic assembly.  Learn about sensor fusion.  Program microcontrollers in a real application.

9. IAP Poster Session, September 30, 1999 Participants Team 1: Robot Robobug Team 2: Robot Talrik II José L. Vázquez Eduardo I. Ortiz Jonathan Rivera Jesús Alverio Team 3: Robot Mindstorm Team 4: Robot Talrik Junior Bernardo Mudafort Eric Lamboy José R. González Noel Cabrera Competition Date: April 29 th, 2000.