Robots

Lecturer:

Michael Šebek (gar.), Václav Hlaváč (gar.), Pavel Ripka (gar.)

Tutor:

Martin Hlinovský

Supervisor:

Department of Control Engineering

Synopsis:

The course aims to create an interest in the ideas and possibilities of signals, systems and control. It should motivate to ask questions and to look forward to further courses. The motivation gained helps to endure challenging mathematics and basic technology classes on their way toward high quality engineering education. The participants form teams to design and build an autonomous mobile robot by using LEGO Mindstorms. By experiments, toys, and team work they encounter basic ideas and principles of several scientific and engineering fields and consequently will better chose their specialization later. Students get a flavor of creative engineering and research work at the very beginning of their studies. The teams will compete against each other in a public final RoboRace contest.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1-2.Introduction, programming - sw environment, abstraction, data

3-4.Algorithms - structures, procedures, common templates

5-6.Sensors - calibration, signals, errors

7-8.Systems and models

9-10.Control - feedback, stability

11-12.Decision making, planning, search

13-14.Contest - RoboRace

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Introduction

2.Lego Mindstorms

3.Mechanical construction

4.Programming

5.Milestone

6.Action programming

7.Modeling, verification

8.Control design

9.Implementation, tuning

10.Milestone

11.Decision and planning implementation

12.Testing, tuning

13.Final testing and adjustments

14.Final tuning or excursion

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1.LEGO.com Mindstorms [Online], Available: http://www.legomindstorms.com/,

2008.

2.LEGO MINDSTORMS robots [Online]. (2004). Available:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lmstorms/resources/

3.J. Knudsen, The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots. Sebastopol,

CA: O'Reilly & Assoc., 1999.

4.F. Allgower, IST, Universität Stuttgart, Roborace web, (in German),

http://www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de/robolab/

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri	roomKN:E-24 Ripka P. 11:00–12:30 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Laboratoř TŘ1
Thu	roomKN:E-s109 Hlinovský M. 10:00–12:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Karlovo nám. Laboratoř ŘS
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Cybernetics and Robotics - Robotics (compulsory course in the program)
• Cybernetics and Robotics - Senzors and Instrumention (compulsory course in the program)
• Cybernetics and Robotics - Systems and Control (compulsory course in the program)
• Cybernetics and Robotics (compulsory course in the program)