Embedded Motion Control 2015

Guide towards the assignment
'A-MAZE-ING PICO'

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Introduction

This course is about software design and how to apply this in the context of autonomous robots. The accompanying assignment is about applying this knowledge to a real-life robotics task.

Course Schedule and Lecture Slides

Lectures will be given on Wednesdays from 8.45 - 10.30 in Gem-Z 3A-12. The course schedule is as follows:

April 22	Introduction
April 29	Composition pattern part I by Herman Bruyninckx	Tooling and Infrastructure by Sjoerd van den Dries
May 6	First presentation of the design by groups
May 13	Corridor competition
May 20	Composition Pattern part II by Herman Bruyninckx
May 27	Second presentation of the design by groups
June 3	Communication patterns
June 10	Presentation of final design by groups
June 17	Final competition

Assignment

Design and implement a robotic software system that will let robots Pico/Taco solve a maze in the robotics lab. The maze can contain doors that automatically open and close.

Getting Started

To get started, please do the tutorials on the Tutorial Page. Please note:

• Do all tutorials, and all steps. Missing one step may cause a different behavior or incorrect working system later. If something is not working as expected, make sure you correctly did all previous steps.
• Of course, things may still go wrong. If so, do not hesitate to contact us.

• See Using Pico for a quick overview of how to use Pico.

FAQ

Here you can find a collection of Frequently Asked Questions. Please check this page before contacting the student assistants or the tutors! If you find any issues or questions you had to deal with, please add them as well so your colleagues don't run into the same problems.

Group Wiki Pages

Group 1 - visit wiki - Tutor: Luis Ferreira

Group 2 - visit wiki - Tutor: Luis Ferreira

Group 3 - visit wiki - Tutor: Sjoerd van den Dries

Group 4 - visit wiki - Tutor: Sjoerd van den Dries

Group 5 - visit wiki - Tutor: Yanick Douven

Group 6 - visit wiki - Tutor:

Group 7 - visit wiki - Tutor: Yanick Douven

Group 8 - visit wiki - Tutor: René van de Molengraft

Group 9 - visit wiki - Tutor: René van de Molengraft

Group 10 - visit wiki - Tutor: Yanick Douven

Group 11 - visit wiki - Tutor:

Group 12 - visit wiki - Tutor:

Group 13 - visit wiki - Tutor:

Pico test schedule

In order to test your software on the Pico robot, each group has one one hour time slot a week available. You can reserve your test slot in the table below.

Please charge the robots whenever possible so there is no down time due to empty batteries.

Week 18

Date	Time	Group
06-05-2014	13:00 - 14:00
06-05-2014	14:10 - 15:10
06-05-2014	15:20 - 16:20
07-05-2014	8:30 - 9:30
07-05-2014	9:40 - 10:40
07-05-2014	10:50 - 11:50
08-05-2014	8:30 - 9:30
08-05-2014	9:40 - 10:40
08-05-2014	10:50 - 11:50
08-05-2014	14:10 - 15:10	7
08-05-2014	15:20 - 16:20

Week 19

Date	Time	Group
11-05-2014	8:30 - 9:30
11-05-2014	9:40 - 10:40
11-05-2014	10:50 - 11:50
11-05-2014	13:00 - 14:00
11-05-2014	14:10 - 15:10
11-05-2014	15:20 - 16:20
12-05-2014	8:30 - 9:30
12-05-2014	9:40 - 10:40
12-05-2014	10:50 - 11:50
12-05-2014	13:00 - 14:00
12-05-2014	14:10 - 15:10
12-05-2014	15:20 - 16:20
12-05-2014	16:30 - 17:30

Group Final Presentations

To be added...

Contact Details

In case of questions related to working with the real PICO robot, please contact Yanick. For questions regarding the simulator or Git, please contact Sjoerd.

Tutors

Sjoerd van den Dries - S dot v dot d dot Dries at tue dot nl

Luis Ferreira - L dot F dot Bento dot Ferreira at tue dot nl

Yanick Douven - y dot g dot m dot douven at tue dot nl

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