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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS

Design a robot that able to travel from zone A to zone D across the bridge, collect the coloured cylinders and place them completely into their respective colour bins in a vertical position back in zone A.
* Coloured cylinders are randomly placed
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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Skills to complete the Task:


1. Travel over ramps and hurdles in a stable manner. a) Video 1 - Over Ramps b) Video 2 Over Hurdles 2. Travel across zones using various alignments a) Video 1 Black Line alignment b) Video 2 Black Line alignment c) Video 3 Edge alignment d) Video 4 Wall alignment

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Skills to complete the Task:


3. An arm to grab & lift a cylinder. a) Video 1: Robotic Arm 4. Detect colour of cylinders and place them back into respective colour bins. a) Video 1: Blue Cylinder detection b) Video 2: Blue Bin detection c) Video 3: Red Bin detection

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Reminders:


1. Weight distribution of robot must be equal 2. Front wheel position must be in forward position to overcome the hurdles. In other words, no components should be installed before the very front wheel to avoid difficulties in crossing hurdles/slopes. 3. Both light sensors must be place in parallel position for alignment purposes. 4. Front base design must be vertically straight for alignment purposes. 5. Robot MUST slow down while doing line and edge alignment.
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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Reminders:


6. When putting down cylinders, robotic arm MUST slow down to improve cylinder placement stability and accuracy. 7. After going over hurdles, robot MUST slow down to avoid falling off. 8. Distance of light and colour censors from detected objects/bases must be at least 1 2 cm to ensure proper detection.

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Sample Robot: (Front View)

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Sample Robot: (Right Side View)

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Sample Robot: (Left Side View)

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Sample Robot: (Back View)

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Sample Robot: (Top View)

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Programming:

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2012 NRC ROBOT COLUMBUS Ways to improve:


1. Robot collects more than one cylinder in a same trip (to save time). 2. Position of colour sensor can be improved to ensure better detection of coloured cylinders. 3. Create backups for when detecting coloured cylinders. eg: Robot will still proceed to the next destination after several seconds even if the robot fails to grab a cylinder successfully. 4. Create a robotic arm that can grab and lift cylinder effectively.
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