I. Introduction We used the Wiimote’s IR tracking capability and Bluetooth to wirelessly control a robotic crane arm. The Wiimote is a powerful gadget and we wanted to build a new hack with it. Our crane is composed of three servo motors, one of which is connected to a gripper. The servos are controlled by …
Introduction For our project, we designed a glove that can be used to control the Cornell University robotic Snake arm thereby enabling a surgeon to remotely operate the snakearm as a colonoscope in conjunction with a vision guide system (aka TV goggles). The glove allows for movement of the arm’s segments as a whole and …
Introduction Our project takes a classic video game and adds a twist with a handheld, gesture based controller. IT’S SUPER TERRIFIC AMAZING TETRIS EXTREEEEEEEEEEEME!!!!!!! We decided to undertake this project because the idea of combining the massive coding required for the Tetris game with the elegance of coordinating the processes of a wearable controller made …
Abstract -A Roomba for boards For our ECE 4760 final project we created a board climbing robot capable of cleaning the board autonomously. The robot uses neodymium magnets to stick to the board and moves across it with two continuous servo motors. It has bumper sensors on all four sides and keeps track of its …
Line follower is an autonomous robot which can detect a specific colored line painted on a surface of different contrast, such as white on black. In this project I used infrared transmitters and receivers to track the black strip on white surface. Due to the difference of infrared reflection on black and white surfaces, it …
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Introduction The objective of this project was to create a two-wheeled balance bot able to traverse a flat environment and adjust itself to shifts in position and weight, using a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) feedback control loop to keep the robot upright. The balance bot is essentially a wirelessly controlled segway that leans its body forward and …
Introduction For years scientists and scholars alike have been plagued by one common obstacle which, until now, has proven to be impossible to overcome. How do you find the country you want on a globe? Sure, the easy answer is to just use the longitude and latitude coordinates, but really, that’s quite confusing. Some may …
1. Introduction For our final project we built an ATmega32 based stepper motor controller which measures the angular position of the motor shaft using an optical encoder and quadrature decoder. Our system performs 3 basic functions: (1) Communicate with a PC by means of a RS-485 interface, and (2) Generates step and direction signals for …
Stepper Motor Indexer & Decoder ECE 476 Using ATmega32 Read More »
Intro Summary Thinking about what a CDE (culminating design experience) should be, we devised a project that combines the microcontroller programming principles learned in ECE 476: Microcontroller Design with the control theory concepts learned in ECE 472: Feedback Control Systems to create an academically viable stationary helicopter. The device consists of a lever with a …
Introduction The Balance Bot is a singular axis self balancing robot that is capable of adjusting itself to changes in weight and position. We developed the Balance Bot (BB or B2) from a single servo and a single accelerometer. This was very much a proof of concept to show the capabilities of the ATMega644 in …
