Title :
Development of a multitasking mobile robot for the construction of educational robotics kits
Author :
Filho, José Ahirton Batista Lopes ; Almeida, Will Ribamar Mendes ; Martins, Sérgio Gomes
Author_Institution :
Centro de Cienc. Tecnol., Univ. Estadual do Maranhao - UEMA, São Luís, Brazil
Abstract :
This article aims to develop the design and implementation of a six wheeled multitasking mobile robot, built with electronic garbage and easy to obtain materials for the viability of educational kits to be used for teaching robotics in schools or colleges. This educational kit is based on the PIC16F628A microcontroller, actuators (dc motors for movement and accomplishing tasks) and sensors (responsible for the interaction with the external environment). An important feature of this prototype lies in the fact that the recording of the program on the microcontroller is made directly on the motherboard itself making it easy to reprogram and test it without the needing to remove any components.
Keywords :
DC motors; actuators; control engineering education; educational institutions; microcontrollers; mobile robots; multiprogramming; robot programming; sensors; PIC16F628A microcontroller; actuators; dc motors; educational robotics kits; electronic garbage; sensors; six wheeled multitasking mobile robot; Biological system modeling; Biomedical monitoring; Educational institutions; Hardware; Monitoring; Robot sensing systems; Educational Robotics; Mobile Robotics; PIC Microcontrolers; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-388-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICEDSA.2011.5959090