This report aims to evaluate a wirelessly controlled robotic arm mounted on a 3-wheel platform that would act as a stabilized camera gimbal. The evaluation is focused on doing experiments to determine the accuracy and repeatability of the robotic arm and to examine if the arm can self-stabilize. Evaluation of the robot was done by 3D-printing a prototype and running experiments using a laser module attached to the robotic arm and measuring the error between the actual obtained points and the target points. The experiments were done on three iterations of the prototype where small changes have been done to the software and hardware components which in the last iteration gave an accuracy of 0,21mm and repeatability of 3,508mm. Stabilization was also achieved with a range of +/- 60 degrees in 3 orientations, roll, pitch and yaw. / Denna rapport utvärderar en fjärrstyrd robot-arm som är monterad på en 3-hjuligplattform som ska fungera som en stabiliserad kamera gimbal. Utvärderingen är utformat på att göra experiment för att bestämma noggrannheten och repeterbarheten av robotarmen och undersöka om robotarmen kan självstabilisera sig. En prototyp har skapats med hjälp av en 3D-skrivare och experiment gjordes genom att montera en laser på robotarmen, där mätningar har gjorts mellan målpunkterna och de erhållna punkterna. Efter 3 iterationer där vissa ändringar har gjorts till hårdvaran och mjukvaran, har en noggrannhet på 0,21mm, och repeterbarhet på 3,508mm åstadkommit. Stabiliseringen har också uppnåtts inom ett intervall av +/- 60 grader i 3 vinkel riktningarna.

This master's thesis is focused to engine control by CAN bus. Theoretical part describes industrial control buses, servo-traction engines and their application. There are mentioned principal and basic parameters of common control buses and their comparison. Each engine type is described in side of construction and control requirements. Practical part of of this paper works on servo-engines in metal cutting machine applications.

The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to investigate the uses of spherical robots and on a prototype basis construct and control a dirigible bowling ball. The robot is able to steer left and right after being thrown by the user. This occurs due to a weight displacement inside the ball when a weighted pendulum swings left and right by being radio controlled from afar. The goal of the report is to investigate how well this robot will be able to steer and if it can achievea desired strike. Further, this report will investigate the use of Radio Frequency (RF) signals between a hand controller and the ball and at what distance this method will work. This robot is strictly made for scientific purposes, the authors do not advocate cheating in the sport of bowling in any way. / Syftet med denna kandidatuppsats är att undersöka användningen av sfäriska robotar och på en prototypbasis konstruera och styra ett styrbart bowlingklot. Roboten kommer att kunna styras åt vänster och höger efter att ha kastats avanvändaren. Detta inträffar på grund av en viktförskjutning inuti klotet då en viktad pendel svänger åt vänster och åt höger genom att radiostyras på håll. Målet med rapporten är att undersöka hur bra den här roboten kommer att kunna kontrolleras och om en strike kan uppnås med den nya och samlade kunskapen. Vidare kommer användningen av Radio frekventa (RF)-signaler mellan en handkontroll och klotet att undersökas, hur väl detta kan implementeras och även på hur långt avstånd denna metod kan fungera. Denna robot är endast gjord för vetenskapliga ändamål, författarna förespråkar inte fusk i sporten bowling på något sätt.

In the past decade, the technologies of computer communication and PC hardware/software evolve in a very fast pace. Many conventional industries are refurbished with these new tools. Hence the operation of the industry can be improved, and even the products, equipped with new technology, demonstrate a new dimension of their function. Among all these new ideas or tools, we would like to study the feasibility of integrating WWW server, Java JNI, Real-time Linux and PC-based hardware components together to form an internet-based manufactory service server. In this work, we use Linux Redhat OS as the platform, and its Apache homepage server to provide users to access the services, such as activating a relay or retrieving the status of a limit switch. Enhanced with Java JNI, the WWW server can access the control of PC's hardware. More importantly, patching the OS with real-time packages, the WWW server is transformed into real-time controller which is much cheaper and much reliable than its opponents, such as Microsoft NT. RS 232 serial ports, an 8255 multi-function I/O card, optical encoder card, D/A card and a servo motor are integrated under the command of the WWW server. By browsing the control center's homepage, users can easily acquire the status of the peripherals, or send out control command remotely. Experiment results confirm the performance of the system. The structure of this experimental server can be modified to fit the requirement of a remotely operated or tele-monitoring system by rewriting the homepage.

This paper describes complete design of timer for RC models. Described timer has three PWM outputs. With these outputs it is possible to connect two independent servo-motors and engine controller. 1 signal. The whole is controlled by 8-bit microprocessor. The time records are stored in external EEPROM, that can be programmed using I2C. Paper further discuss design of programming, which can be easily programmed the memory of EEPROM by the PC or smartphone. The goal of this paper is to design and build high quality RC timer with accessories.

Solar energy is a clean energy source which has a minimal impact on the environment than other forms of energy. Solar energy is now widely used in a variety of applications. Although solar energy is widely used, the efficiency of converting solar energy into electricity is insufficient since most solar panels are installed at a fixed angle and the fixed solar panels do not aim directly towards the sun due to the earth’s constant motion. Solar panels are very expensive for families or businesses that consume more energy than usual, as they require several solar panels to generate enough power. The main objective of this project is to build a working model so that to increase the efficiency of power output taken from solar panel by continuously tracking the sun’s rays through out the day and aligns the solar panel orthogonal to the sun. To develop a model that benefits people by producing more solar energy with fewer solar panels. In order to overcome this problem we come up with a solution through Arduino Uno system which consists of four LDR sensors which are responsible for the detection of the light intensity of the sun’s rays. Two micro servo motors are used for movement of the solar panel in azimuth and elevation direction since it is a dual axis tracking system. A solar panel is the core part we use in this model for the conversion of solar energy into electrical energy. The LCD displays shows the power output of the solar panel. The proposed system is a dual axis tracking system that actively tracks solar radiation and adjusts the panel so that the sun’s rays are perpendicular to it, maximizing the solar panel’s power output. The LCD display shows the power output of the solar panel. By this project, we can say that dual axis tracking system we built can track the sun’s rays and increases the power output of solar panel. The manual effort for changing the solar panel according to the sun position can be avoided.

Triangulation is used in a wide range of applications of position estimation. Usually it is donebymeasuring angles by hand to estimate positions in land surveying, navigation and astronomy.Withthe rise of image recognition arises the possibility to triangulate automatically. The aim ofthis thesisis to use the image recognition camera Pixy2 to triangulate a target i threedimensions. It is basedon previous projects on the topic to extend the system to estimatepositions over a larger spaceusing more Pixy2s. The setup used five Pixy2s with pan-tilt kitsand one Raspberry Pi 4 B. Somelimitations to the hardware was discovered, limiting the extentof the space in which triangulationcould be successfully performed. Furthermore, there weresome issues with the image recognitionalgorithm in the environment positioning was performed.The thesis was successful in that it managesto triangulate positions over a larger area thanprevious projects and in all three dimensions. Thesystem could also follow a target’s trajectory,albeit, there were some gaps in the measurements.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T17:40:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo7608_1.pdf: 4351687 bytes, checksum: 1cf4c5b1224957a01f5d7ef04c0a0c4f (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Sistemas robóticos humanóides ainda não estão facilmente disponíveis a qualquer pesquisador. São comuns trabalhos que apresentam estratégias de controle para robôs bípedes e algoritmos de inteligência artificial desenvolvidos em ambientes de simulação e impossibilitados de passar por testes de funcionamento no mundo real. No intuito de disponibilizar para outros pesquisadores uma plataforma robótica de baixo custo e que possa ser utilizada para testes exaustivos de algoritmos de Inteligência Artificial, validação de estudos estáticos e dinâmicos da movimentação de bípedes e pesquisas na área de bioengenharia e próteses robóticas realizou-se o projeto do sistema robótico MNerim. Este trabalho se propõe a apresentar ao leitor as tecnologias utilizadas para o desenvolvimento de dispositivos robóticos e mostrar a construção de um robô bípede autônomo

In this thesis, a high precision motion and position control system has been developed and applied to a high voltage sphere gap control and measurement system. The system is able to support up to 3-axes position and motion control. The control system includes a microcontroller card, three DC servo motor driver cards and a data storage unit. To provide communication between computer and motion control system, the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port is used. The microcontroller card is equipped with an USB interface and a PIC (Peripheral Interface Controllers) microcontroller. This microcontroller controls the dedicated motion control processors (LM629), on servo motor driver cards and read/write operations of data storage unit, which consists of a Multi Media Card.

This diploma deals is occupied with design of the heavy rotary table with hydrostatic bearing of table. In introductory part of deals the design part are described, for exampel. tipes of bearings, drive and etc. In other parts the design of rotary table with hydrostatic bearings is described.