Vision-guided mobile robots for design competitions

Author

Baerveldt, Albert-Jan ; Salomonsson, Tommy ; Åstrand, Björn

Author_Institution

Intelligent Syst. Lab., Halmstad Univ., Sweden

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

44

Abstract

We present the Teaching system integration in engineering curricula at universities via popular and effective robot-design competitions. In this article, we first present the robot kit we use and discuss the experiences we gained in, and shortcomings of, our robot competitions. We then present the low-cost color vision system, developed especially for our course. We also discuss our experiences in the 1998 competition, where we first made use of the system, and the 2001 competition. Finally, we present the results of a questionnaire given to students who have completed the course.

Keywords

control engineering education; educational courses; mobile robots; robot vision; LEGO building parts; advanced robot competitions; color vision system; computer vision; engineering curricula; robot-design; vision-guided mobile robots; Costs; DC motors; Design engineering; Educational robots; Mechanical sensors; Mechatronics; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9932

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MRA.2003.1213615

Filename

1213615