Intro One of my hobbies includes robotics. In trying to understand computer I/O I have designed a few robots. Robotic Arm Robotic Rover Robotic "Swat Bot" rover

1. Intro - Robotic Arm

During 1998-1999 I constructed a robotic arm capable of working in a semi-cylindrical environment. This robotic arm was then programmed to pay Tic-Tac-Toe with a human opponents.

This project was entered into the Hamilton District Science Fair winning me a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Philadelphia PA. At the ISEF this project won me the IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship “for outstanding achievement in creating a project that demonstrates and understanding of electrical engineering information technology or other IEEE fields of interest”.

This arm used closed loop feedback from rotational censors to control joints while digital switches (limiters) controlled the gripper and gripper boom. Signals used to control motors where digital, forcing the programming to compensate for the inherently jerky behavior.

This is a video of the robotic arm in action at various events. Please note that some of the footage

2. Intro - Robotic Rover

Again during 1999-2000 I constructed a robotic rover capable of working in a plainer enviroment. This rover was equiped with collosion and optical sensory.

Programmed to follow paths drawen by user on a standred PC rover could accreatly follow the instruction again and again. Optical sensors where used to follow hand drawen paths on the enviroment floor. Algrothems to find the center / sizeof rooms, and even internet control where also included in the user interface.

This project was entered into the Hamilton District Science Fair and again won me a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Detroit MI.

Locomotion for this rover was done through power transitiors and stepper motors.

 

3. Intro - Robotic "Swat Bot" rover

In 2003 for my 4th year engineering project, Colbin Wong, Evelyn Yeung and I designed a robotic rover to seekout and fire apon targets. This project was dubed the Swat Bot since it was mimiking a swat team with a main computer incharge of direction the rover through its actions of seak and distroy.

 

This base of this rover was a BoE Bot from Parralex.

This is a video of the Swat Bot Rover