Details
This workshop is a specialization course in line following and precision robotics.
Line following is an upcoming activity in the Indian Robotics Scenario. Almost every other college technical festival offers a problem statement based on line following robots. But, its application is not just limited to robotics competitions. Line following is an important ability in industrial robots too.. we will see a day when autonomous automobiles run at your command..
This workshop covers advanced line following techniques. Grid Solving/ Line maze Solving are all derivatives of the line following robot. These derivatives will also be covered.
Stepper motors are an important part of robotics. Precise Open Loop systems can be achieved best by stepper motors. This workshop will give you a detailed exposure to stepper motors. We will focus specially on the use of stepper motors for the purpose on line following/ Grid Solving.
Topics Covered:
The topics are categorized into multiple sessions. These sessions will be appropriately paced and distributed in the span of two days.
Introduction to Line Follower Based Robots
Autonomous Robots
Need for line follower based robots
Basic Funda
Industrial applications
Introduction to the AVR Microcontroller
About AVR
Features of AVR
Programming AVR
I/O ports
Configuring and using the I/O pins of the AVR Microcontroller
Simple Switch/LED based activities
Actuators
Different Actuators used in robotics
Special attention of stepper motors
Unipolar/Bipolar Stepper Motors
Working with Stepper motors
Acceleration/deceleration of stepper motors
Sensors
Different sensors used in robotics
Detailed discussion of line sensors
Using Line sensors
Line Following
2 Sensor line follower
5 sensor line follower
Grid Solving
Junction detection
Exact turning
Grid Navigation
ADC
Using AVRs inbuilt ADC
Colour Sensing using Line Sensors
Overview of RoboLiga Competition
Discussing problem statements
Finding solutions
Algorithm discussion
The kit:
All of the circuits designed and discussed during the course of this workshop will be assembled and implemented on a specially designed rapid robotic development platform. This kit includes all the necessary tools and components to build a self-contained autonomous robot.
The kit shall consist of the following:
* 2 Stepper Motors with compatible wheels
* AVR iBoard – Development Board with serial cable
* 9VDC Power Supply
* 5 Line Sensor array
* Robust MS chassis
* Necessary tools
* Pre and post workshop training material