jueves, 24 de marzo de 2011

Aluminium Rims Ready

The aluminium rims handracfted from an aluminium cilidrical bar are ready, we made 5 of them. They have a prisioner to fix the axis of the metal gearmotor to the rim. The dimensions and weight of the rims are:

Lenght: ###
Height: ###
Depth: ###

Image 1: Picture of the 5 Rims manufactured.

Now the next step is to make a rubber coating for the rims, it will be made by XXXX by (con que técnica).

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miércoles, 2 de marzo de 2011

Introduction.

This Blog is intended to be a logbook about the construction of an omnidirectional robot for the topic of mechatronics design of the ITESM CEM University. The team responsible of making the robot from mechanical parts to electronics and software and also the marketing studies is conformed by:

Profesor:
Dr. Jorge Acosta.

Students:
Oscar Rodrigo Hernández Panczenko
Hector Clavijo Henández

The objective of the project is to construct a robot able to move over flat surfaces and capable of do it omnidirectionaly. Also it is intended to be able to transmit images by a web cam attached to its surface with pan and tilt movement and to transmit two way audio. At the first stage of the robot the user will be able to control it via WIFI over the internet, and see what the robot sees, hear what the robot hears and make the robot reproduce what the user says on a microphone. Also the user would control the movement of the robot and camera at will over the internet.

To do so the robot will have an internal PC for processing the information, a microprocessor to control many H Bridge and a Servo Controler board called SSC-32 made bye Lynksmotion company. The languages that we will use are Lab View by National Instruments for the PC and C for the microcontroller.

The microcontroller intended to be used is the dsPIC30f4011 because it has enough ports and processing power so the robot can expand it's capabilities and add more sensors cameras or other accesories.

The Computer that we will use is the FITPC2 it has enough solid state memory (12GB) and RAM (2GB) to process without problems .vi programs. it also has Ethernet ports, USB Port, Audio ports and Memory slots.

The actuators that we choose are the HiTec Servomotors ##### with 12Kg/cm of torque for the camera and HiTec Servomotors ###### with 3Kg/cm for the direction of the wheels.

The motors for the weels we choose are XXXXXX with 12Kg/cm of torque. This motor has a reduction box and is all made of steel.

The details of the parts, the design, the construction and marketing of the product will be publicated soon.