MULTICORE EMBEDDED

ROBOT
Jasper Maes
89619
jasper.maes@vub.ac.be

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 INTRODUCTION

• User controls the robot

• Robot with programmed path

• Avoid hitting objects

• Override commands

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 EMBEDDED DEVICES

• Difficult
to program
concurrently

• Multicore embedded
devices?

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 WORK PLAN
Vision

Movement

Remote control
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 WORK PLAN

• Experimenting with hardware

• Implement sensors and actuators

• Wireless connection

• Client - server program

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 PROGRESS

• Actuators

• Wireless connection

• Partial GUI

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 STILL TO DO

• Integration of serial connection in GUI

• Implementing sensors

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 CAUSES OF DELAY

• Mac OSX - Arduino - XMOS - Linux

• ‘Bug’ in Java with keyevents

• Port naming on XMOS

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Demo

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ARDUINO-XBEE
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XBEE-XMOS
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GUI
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Questions?

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