NOVA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

JUPUDI, IBRAHIMPATNAM

ECE DEPARTMENT

REPORTON

I-ROBOT WORK SHOP

Conducted on

4th & 5th January 2013

Poster of I-Robot workshop

A two day work shop on robotics titled as I-Robot was conducted on January 4th & 5th 2013 by ECE department in Nova college of Engineering & Technology, Jupudi, Ibrahimpatnamin association with M/s INDOGLOBAL SERVICES from Bangalore.

The technical team assisted by Mr.Karthik guided our students in designing a robot with step by step interfacing modules for about 16 hours. Both theoretical and hands on training is given to the students by the technical expertise.Almost 70 students from III year ECE and II year ECE participated in the workshop and gained the knowledge in designing & controlling a robot embedded C’ Programming.

The detailed report on the work shop is as follows,

Nowadays there are lots of devices operated by an Infrared remote control at home: Televisions, Air- Conditioning, VCRs and Heating Systems etc. In addition, the expected wide spread of Robots at home will reveal a new world of opportunities. So in the next future, new household Robots communicating with house appliances will appear. Besides, since remote controls have turned moreand more complicated, we tried to elaborate an easier and more intuitive way of commanding themHaving this purpose in mind and taking advantage of the wide usage of Infrared controlled home appliances, a “Controlling Infrared Devices System-on-board” Robot has been developed. The system has been implemented with a Robot, which has been equipped with an Infrared receiver. After teaching the desired commands to the robot, it can govern the devices placed at several locations. At the beginning, a dialog between robot and the user is established. Once the robot has understood what the user wants, it will move toward the device and will send the required command.

From this Workshop student learned about:

Introduction to Robotics

Basic Parts of Robotics like sensors, microcontrollers, actuators etc

Applications of microcontrollers in various fields like military, automation etc

Locomotive system of Robotics

Motor Driver IC’s

Introduction of human controlled robot

Details on AVR series of microcontroller

Programming the microcontrollers using embedded C

Exploring the UART of microcontroller

Study of UART communication protocol

Communication between PC and micro controller board through UART

Use of ADC for interfacing analog devices.

Interfacing IR receiver TSOP1738 with microcontroller

Controlling Robotics vehicle using universal remote

RC-5 concepts

What is principle of communication using in remotes?

About RC-5 protocol

Reading standard commands from universal remotes

Configuring RC-5 command to the controller using TSOP1738

Robots that are to be made

Pc controlled robot

IR remote controlled robot

Workshop highlights

Different interfacing technologies to interface different sensors

Create and manage designs by using the Avr studio software design environment

Exposures to the different software’s required for building a human interface machine.

Implementation artificial intelligence using embedded C.

DAY 1: Started at 10:30 AM

Program inaugurated by head of the department ECE. at 10:30AM. In room no: K210 computer lab.

Workshop starts with the Introduction to Robotics.

Introduction to sensors Microcontrollers and their types.

Introduction to AVR studio software and it’s installation process.

Pin description of Micro controller ATMEGA 8.

Explained about Parts of Robot and their functioning.

Introduction to different types of robots and their applications.

All students are given robot parts and guided them to assemble the robot.

Interfacing of robot to system through RS232 cable.

Programming on LCD DISPLAY,

LUNCH BREAK (1:00PM -2:00PM)

movement of free running robot using AVR microcontroller

Switching system on free running robot by using AVR studio

DAY 2: Started at 10:30 AM

Implementation and programming of Line following robot

Line following robot

LUNCH BREAK (1:00P.M -2:00P.M)

Explanation of Obstacle detection robot

Implementing program for Obstacle detection robot

Introduction about IR sensors.

Remote sensing robot using IR sensors

Introduction to Proteus simulation tool (7.6 version)

AVR Microcontroller: AVR studio is able to design programs on Robotics, and it is helpful for enchantments on Free Running Robot

PROTEUS(7.6)it’s a simulation tool for formal verification of programming and designing on robotics.

Workshop Model

Students participating in workshop

The best two batches were awarded with the board designed with their own hands. The participants were given with participation certificate by our principal Dr.K.RamaKrishnaiahgaru.

Head of the Department Prof. V.V.G.S Rajendra Prasad thanked the technical team which co operated with the department for organizing the workshop successfully. He also thanked Principal Dr.K.RamaKrishnaiahgarufor encouraging this sort of workshops in the department.

Certificate Presented by the principal Dr. K. Rama Krishnaiah

Certificate Presented by the principal Dr. K. Rama Krishnaiah