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IDMARS Home > > Projects Coordinated Systems
and Control (CSC), IDMARS Robotics, Senior Design Project (SDP), and
Electronics Labs. Active ProjectsDepartment 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.
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CSC & Senior Design: Design, simulation, prototyping, and testing station for electronic circuits and systems |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-I |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-II |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-III |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-IV |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-V |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-VI |
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CSC & Senior Design: Development and setup of the Systems and Control stations-VII |
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IDMARS LAB:Communication, Command, Sensory Fusion and Control in Distributed Mobile Robotic Systems |
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IDMARS LAB: Mobile Robot Educational Kits -- Manufacturing and Marketing |
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IDMARS LAB: Robot Habitat Project |
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IDMARS LAB: Documentation and Information Dissemination Project |
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Intelligent Distributed Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (IDMARS) Lab.
UNM NASA PURSUE Program
Active Projects
June 2003 --
July 2004
1 - Communication, Command, Sensory Fusion and Control in Distributed Mobile Robotic Systems.
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- Implementation and testing of the CCC Hierarchy and Sensory Fusion
2 - Master thesis reports
3 - Development of
Education and Outreach Package for LOBOT Jr.
4 - NASA endorsed E&O
IDMARS package
5 - Machine Vision
testbed setup
6 - ATRV Jr. testbed
implementation and experimentation
7 - Design and
development of various Science Payloads packages for LOBOT Jr.
8 - Design and
development of a new special topics course and WEBCT on IDMARS.
9 - RASAM2 activities and projects at UNM
10 - Finishing design of
the new research mobile robot platform with stepper motors.
Team Leader: Prof. Nader Vadiee, Prof. Chaouki Abdallah, John Sanchez
Team members: Josh Morfin, Rafael Sandoval, two senior design project teams, two EECE327 teams,
two HS students, two HS teachers, two UG RASAM2.
2 - Mobile Robot Educational Kits - Manufacturing and Marketing
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- Production of 25 2nd generation LOBOT Jr. kits
2 - Complete technical
documentation
3 - LOBOT Jr. Technical
and User manual and CDROM
4 - E&O Website for
Customer service
5 - Cost and Market
analysis
6 - Testing and quality
assurance
7 - FIRST and Rob Rave
Competition Compatibility and preparation of an IDMARS HS team.
8 - Lab. safety,
Security, and Inventory Control
9 - LOBOT Jr. patenting
process
10 - Commercialization
and marketing
Team Leader: Prof.. Nader Vadiee, Guru
Team members: Waylon Clark, Kim, Mario, 2 RASAM2 UG students, 2 HS students
3 - Robot Habitat Project
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- Design, simulation and development of the habitat
2 - Development of a Visual interface GUI for the distributed mobile robotic
system
3 - Explora Museum
Exhibit - Mars Yard
Team Leader: Prof. Geoff Adams, Mark
Team members: John T, one UG student, one HS student
4 - Documentation and Information Dissemination Project
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- Updating all the five current PURSUE publications
2 - Design and
development of three new PURSUE publication: PURSUE UG Labs, PURSUE
K-12 Education and
Outreach PURSUE Satellite Websites and Brochures.
3 - Design and
development of 15 dedication Plaques for 15 UG PURSUE labs.
4 - Maintenance of the
Electronics Lab., IDMARS Lab., Senior Design Lab., CSC Lab.
Websites.
5 - Design and production
150 of Faculty Appreciation Certificates.
6 - Maintenance of the
program Bulletin Boards
7 - Two technical papers
on the PURSUE approach, mentoring, and PURSUE impact
8 - Final Program
Assessment and Evaluation
9 - Final program
performance report
10 - Five new proposals
for instituting and sustaining the program.
11 - Organizing two
summer picnics
12 - Organizing and
hosting RobRave in December 2003.
13 - Organizing open
house visits for K-12.
14 - Organizing a
Dedication event for PURSUE UG labs.
15 - Organizing NASA
Research Summit Showcase
16 - Setup of EECE 327
Showcases of projects
17 - Maintenance of the
EECE 206/327 Lab.
18 - Revision and updates
of EECE 206 lab. procedures
Team Leader: Prof. Nader Vadiee, Prof. Charles Fleddermann, Richard Carerras
Team members: Mary Justus, Rachelle Carerras, Mike Smith, Cliff Roudobush, two HS students
IDMARS Lab.
UNM NASA PURSUE Program
Active Projects
Suggested Science Payloads
June 2003 - July 2004
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- Automatic Charge Control Circuit
2 - Automatic Docking for
Recharge
3 - Automatic Control of
Laser Mirrors
4 - Solar Energy Powered
Communication
5 - Sensory Robolings
with RF and Power
6 - Bio Sensors, Chemical
Sensors for Detection and Mapping
7 - Bar-Code Reading
Localization and Guidance
8 - Automatic Deployment
of Robolings
9 - Optical Data
Communication
10 - Muscle Wires as
Manipulators
11 - On-board Camera
12 - Electronic Compass
for Localization
13 - Follow the Leader
Features
IDMARS Lab.
UNM NASA PURSUE Program
Active Projects
Deliverables
June 2003 - July 2004
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- Four bi-weekly PowerPoint presentations
2 - One internal
technical report
3 - Daily lab. Logbooks
4 - One poster
presentation
5 - two demo videos