1. Andrew Piñeiro Xiaofeng Zhu Mentor: Dr. J. Zalewski

2. Introduction of Coroware Company  A robotics company based out of Kirkland, WA  Produces the CoroBot and Explorer robots  Caters to robotics hobbyists and education

3. Description of CoroBot  2 operating systems  Windows 7  Ubuntu Linux

4. Description of CoroBot  A four-wheeled robot that comes with:  2 infrared sensors (front and back)  2 bumpers (front and back)  1 webcam  1 robotic arm (optional)  1 Microsoft Kinect (optional)

5. Detail Picture

6.  1.WiFi antenna connection  2.Keyboard (purple)  3.VGA monitor connection  4.Audio: Optical SPDIF output  5.Blue-Tooth device  6.Ethernet jack  7.Audio: Stereo out (left stereo)  8.Audio: Line in (blue)

7.  9.Audio: Line out (green)  10.Power jack  11.USB ports  12.HDMI monitor connection  13.USB ports  14.USB ports  15.Audio: Stereo out (right stereo)  16.Audio: Microphone (pink)

8. Function and Goals We are the first team working on CoroBot  Connect to and use all of the CoroBot’s devices on Win7 and Ubuntu Linux  Such as: Front Camera; Bumper; IR sensor; Kinect; Battery  Drive CoroBot remotely

9. IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

10. MRDS Services Control Panel

11. A Brief introduction about Kinect and Depth image

12. The depth image is similar to the normal color images we’re used to seeing all the time that reaches the camera, it records the distance of the objects in front of it.

13. Depth image (left) Normal picture (right)

14. What we can do with it ? Local & Remote Control in Windows 7

15. What we can do with it ? Local and Remote Control in Linux