Coordinated Systems and Control (CSC), IDMARS Robotics, Senior Design Project (SDP), and Electronics Labs.

Active Projects

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of New Mexico

Spring and Summer 2005

 

A- Coordinated Systems and Control Laboratory

 

1 – Design, Simulation, Prototyping, and Testing Station for Electronic Circuits and Systems.

 

Tasks:

1 – Labview Station Setup.

2 – Electronics parts stock and inventory control

3 – Automated testing and diagnostic for LOBOT Jr. Robots.

4 – Equipment and tools inventory

5 – IMAQ Machine Vision Setup

6 – ELECTRONICS BENCH, PSPICE, SIMULINK, MATLAB, AUTOCAD, PRO-ENGINEER

 

 

2 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-I

 

Tasks:

1 – MAGLEV station

2 – Rhino Robot station

3 – Speed Control Station

4 – Motor-generator control station

 

 

3 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-II

 

Tasks:

1 – Linear Pendulum setup

2 – Rotary Pendulum setup

 

 

4 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control stations-III

 

Tasks:

1 – Three tank system setup

  

 

5 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-IV

 

Tasks:

1 – PID controller setup

2 – LOBOT trainers setup

3 – Network Analyzer setup

4 – Digital Clock Setup

 

6 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-V

 

 

Tasks:

1 – Dual chip mobile robot platform with Xilinx.

 

7 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-VI

 

Tasks:

1 – New mobile robot platform using Motorola 68000 series microcontrollers.

 

8 – Development and Setup of the Systems and Control Stations-VII

 

Tasks:

1 – On-line/telepresence outreach facilities, Tele-conference facilities, LAN in the Lab., System

administration setup for the labs.

 

B – MOBILE ROBOT PAYLOAD  (LOBOT Jr. Platform)

1 – Automatic Charge Control Circuit

 

2 – Mobile Robots with Bio Sensors or Chemical Sensors for Detection and Mapping

 

3 – Bar-Code Reading for Localization and Guidance

 

4 – Optical Data Communication

 

5 – Muscle Wires as Manipulators

 

6- On-board Camera

 

7- Electronic Compass for Localization

 

8 – Line Following Circuits

 

9- Dual Chip Lobot Jr. Using Xilinx FPGA Chip

 

10 -LabView Interface for Navigation

 

11- Dual Power (Solar/Electric) Rovers

 

12 – LAN of Collaborating/Competing Rovers

 

13 – Internet Connectivity of Rovers – Tele-operation and Lab.

 

14 – On-Board GPS for Lobot Jr.

 

15 – On-board Mass Spectrometers

 

16 – Formation Movement of Rovers

 

17- Scene Analysis for Localization Based on IMAQ

 

18 – Using Palmtop Teaching Pendants to control the Rovers

 

19- Fuzzy-Logic Based Intelligence for Rovers

 

20 – Artificial Neural Network-based Intelligence for Rovers

 

21 – Robolings Connectivity

 

22 – Universal Mobile Robot Platform-Portable and Compatible

 

23 – UniRobLab Package for Schools

 

24 – Fuzzy  Field Programmable Logic Arrays ( FFPLA) applications for mobile robots.

 

 

 

Wireless Control of Multiple Mobile Robots Project.

 

 

 

 

 LOBOT Jr. Mobile Robot Platform

Intelligent Distributed Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (IDMARS) Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of New Mexico

LOBOT Jr. was created in the Intelligent Distributed Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (IDMARS) Laboratory as a tool to teach high school and middle school students about robotics. Students will be given a robot kit by their instructor, which includes the necessary parts and instructions needed to get the robot up and doing tasks. The students will be taught step by step how to assemble the robot from practically scratch, along the way learning about each component, what it does and why it’s important to the functioning of their robot. Lobot Jr. Version 2.0 Kits will be made available mid August, please e-mail Program Director Dr. Nader Vadiee for more information; manimar@unm.edu.

LOBOT Jr. Package:

- Latest model of the LOBOT Jr. was born in June of 2003.

-  Ideal platform for teaching: microcontrollers, sensors, electronics circuit design,

   Soldering, microprocessors, computer programming (Java), wireless

   Communication, science (scientific method, measurement taking, mechanics, kinematics and earth sciences)

- Scalable robot ideal for both high school education & university research

- Teacher Training Package

- Comprehensive technical support

 

Specifications:

                - 14 Digital Inputs

                - 16 Analog Inputs

                - 12 Digital Outputs

                - Two 12V Motor Driver Ports

                - 1RS232 Port

                - Wireless Communication

 

Features:

                - Low Cost: Approximately $400-$475

                - Cooperative/Scalable

                - Powerful Flexible Design & Processor

                - High Speeds

                - Large Memory Space

                - JAVA Programming Language

                - Durable Design

 

C- Laser Research Modules (Sponsored by P&A Department)

 

1 – Phase Shifter Circuit

2 – Slow Feedback loop- locking Amplifier

3 – Phase-locked loop Combined with Servo Control.

4 – Average Frequency Control

5 -Traveling wave Gate operated by Regenerative Feedback

6 – Analog Rectangular to Polar Converter

 

D – System and Control Lab. Modules

1 – Signal Processing Experiments Using LabView

2 – Image Recognition Based on IMAQ

3 – Magnetic Levitation Experiment Set-up

4 – Position Control Experiment Set-up

5 – Speed Control Experiments Set-up

6 – Inverted Pendulum Analog Control

 

E- Miscellaneous

1 – Electronic Flute

 

 

Intelligent Distributed Multi-Agent Robotic Systems Lab

 

IDMARS Laboratory Facilities:

 

The laboratory facilities at rooms 311, L217A and L217B (Analog and Digital Electronics, Coordinated Systems and Control (CSC) Lab., and Intelligent Distributed Multi-agent Robotic Systems (IDMARS) Lab.) are available for the students to research, develop, design, simulate, breadboard implement, prototype, test and verify and fabricate their various digital or analog electronics, automated testing, computer vision, robotics, embedded control systems projects. The facility includes:

 

Software:

MATLAB

LabView

IMAQ

Control Station

Simulinc

PSPICE

AUTOCAD

C++

JAVA

PIC Programming

FPGA Programming

ADOBE

WORD, EXEL, WINDOWS, MS Project, etc.

 

b - Hardware:

MAGLEV, Speed Control, Rotary Pendulum, Rhino Robots, Linear Pendulum, Three-Tank System, IROBOT and LOBOT Jr. Mobile Robot Platforms.

STAMP Microprocessor Development Kit

PIC Microprocessors Development Kit

NI GPIB Cards

PC (Printed Circuit) Development

Electronic Parts

Lockers, Work Tables, and Vice

Cameras

TV, VCR, Digital Camera, Movie Cameras, and PowerPoint Projector

Tele-Conference

Tele-Presence Lab. Facility

Shop Tools

Agilant Oscilloscopes

Agilant Signal Generators

Agilant DC Power Supply

Agilant Millimeters

Tektronix Test Stations

Curve Tracers

PowerPoint Projectors

Color Printers

PC Stations

CD Copier

FAX

Copy Machine

12-Student Classroom Facility

Meeting Place

Etc.