Thesis
Commissioning of the pioneer robot
Other, Murdoch University
2012
Abstract
The Pioneer Robot 3-AT is a remote controlled vehicle with inbuilt sensors to feed back information to the internal electronics. The purpose of the Pioneer Robot 3-AT is to be an educational device to be used in classes where microcontroller technology is taught to engineering students. This paper presents the steps taken to make the Pioneer Robot 3-AT a robust and stable platform. Once this is done further projects created with separate microcontrollers can be added to the Pioneer Robot 3-AT. They will be connected via an internal microcontroller network.
Software has been refined to allow the Pioneer Robot 3-AT to move in various directions at different speeds. The distance from surrounding objects is provided by feedback from sonar sensors. A new I/O distribution board has been manufactured to replace the prototype board constructed in a previous thesis by Finbarr Doyle. A liquid crystal display and keypad have been added for extra programmable functionality to an angled panel mounted on the back of the Pioneer Robot 3-AT.
Details
- Title
- Commissioning of the pioneer robot
- Authors/Creators
- Dion Patelis
- Contributors
- Gareth Lee (Supervisor)Graeme Cole (Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Murdoch University; Other
- Identifiers
- 991005545535507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Energy
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis
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