Abstract :
Starfish contains a small PC-104 computer. It gets a sense of its environment and physical structure by rocking back and forth. This activates joint-angle sensors, which determine how the robot is tilting in response to the surrounding terrain or missing parts. The robot collects data on its flash card and uploads the information to an external PC for processing by the simulation software. The external PC sends the robot acquired information about its actions and behavior. Starfish can thus consider the physical repercussions of a given set of torques applied over time, such as whether a specific motor.
Keywords :
robots; flash card; joint-angle sensor; physical structure; simulation software; starfish robot; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Engines; Instruments; National electric code; Robot sensing systems; Testing; Trademarks; Universal Serial Bus; World Wide Web; USB standards; robotics; standards; virtualization;
