Title :
A chess-playing robot: lab course in robot sensor integration
Author :
Groen, Franciscus C A ; den Boer, George A. ; Van Inge, Anthony ; Stam, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
fDate :
12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
To obtain practical experience in intelligent robotics a lab course has been developed, in which students have to create a chess-playing robot. The system has to detect the move of a human opponent and has to take the appropriate action. Besides the integration of sensing and control of the robot arm the students gain experience in working in a team to realize a medium size project. In particular, the programming environment proved to be an important factor in an efficient course
Keywords :
educational courses; games of skill; image processing; intelligent control; intelligent sensors; laboratory apparatus and techniques; programming environments; project support environments; robots; CCD camera; SCIL-IMAGE; UNIX; XWindows; chess-playing robot; image acquisition; image processing; integration; intelligent robotics; lab course; medium size project; programming environment; robot arm; robot sensor; students; team; Cameras; Counting circuits; Hardware; Image processing; Packaging; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Software systems; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on