Robotics: Integrated Systems Design

Where are the Robots?• Industrial Robots

Where are the Robots?

• Service Robots

Where are the Robots?• Exploration

                                                     

Where are the Robots?• Medicine

                                                     

Where are the Robots?• Consumer Robots

What makes complex systems complex?

Interactions Between Sub-systems• Complex systems consist

of multiple sub-systems, each one has the potential of interacting with every other one.

Complexity comes from Multidisciplinary Systems

• Complex systems can be an integration of mechanical, electrical, chemical, and computational sub-systems.

• Like vacuum cleaners, washers, cars, hard drives, space shuttles, …, and ROBOTS.

Robots are Multidisciplinary

ROBOTICS

And The Categories Are…..

Planning Integration Communication

NavigationSensors

Control MechanismsSignal

Processing

Robots

Robots for $1000

The answer is ….

Robots are built by these.

And the question is…

What is a cross-functional team?

A Multidisciplinary Robotics Course• Co-taught course:

– Dr. Engel, Electrical & Computer Engineering– Dr. Hu, Mechanical Engineering– Dr. Karacal, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering– Dr. Weinberg, Computer Science

Course Website:www.cs.siue.edu/robotics/integratedsystems

Robots for $2000

The answer is….

This is what a robot is.

The question is ….

What can sense its environment, make a decision, and re-act?

Course Objectives1. To study the mechanical mechanisms necessary for

robot movement and actions. 2. To study the electrical mechanisms of sensor sampling

and signal processing. 3. To study the computational mechanisms necessary for

sensory perception.4. To study the computational mechanisms of

autonomous robotics.5. To learn about integrated system design.6. To provide a hands-on experience to practical robotics.7. To learn to work in a cross-functional team.

Readings• Textbook:

– Robotic Exploration by Fred Martin– Additional reading will be assigned.

• IMPORTANT: Reading is Fundamental– Teaching a multi-disciplinary course is

challenging– Reading assigned material prior to lectures

will be crucial to understanding the material presented.

Designing, Building & Programming

• Each class member will participate on a cross functional team consisting of 3 or 4 students from different disciplines.

• Teams will work on a variety of lab assignments that include designing & building mechanisms, circuits, and robots

• Robot will be built using the Handy Board Microcontroller (www.handyboard.com).

Final Project

• Cross-functional Teams will design and build a robot to complete in a Urban Search and Rescue Challenge

Grading

Assignments 25%Quizzes 25%Final Exam 20%Final Project 30%

Beta Warning:Product Testing

The development of this course is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Government Oversight: Dr. White

Next• Thursday

– Teamwork– Form Teams– Check-out robot kits

• But first a pre-course survey– Help us evaluate background

knowledge– Help us match-up team

members– Does NOT count toward your

grade