{"id":21996,"date":"2020-09-14T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/?p=21996"},"modified":"2020-09-14T11:07:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:07:35","slug":"autonomous-multi-task-performing-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cornay.co.za\/wp\/2020\/09\/14\/autonomous-multi-task-performing-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Multi-Task Performing Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Ruchir] has been pretty into robotics for a while now and has always been amused by the ever-popular obstacle avoiding robot, but wanted something that could do more. So, like any good hacker, he decided to build something himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He wanted to incorporate all the popular beginner robot capabilities into a single invention. His robot can follow a line, detect an obstacle, and retrieve an object without switching between modes. It can even follow another robot, which is pretty neat.<\/p>\n

His robot has a lot of the hardware you would expect. It uses a Raspberry Pi for all the heavy image processing, has optical sensors for line following and obstacle avoidance, and includes a speaker for audio feedback. What’s especially cool is the impressive interface, called the Regbot GUI, that [Ruchir] is using with his robot. According to the Wiki page<\/a>, the Regbot GUI appears to accompany an educational robotics platform developed by Professor Jens Christian Andersen of the Technical University of Denmark for teaching controls to engineering students. [Ruchir] was able to adapt the GUI to his particular bot no problem.<\/p>\n

Using the Regbot GUI, [Ruchir] can monitor all the robot’s sensor data in real-time (accelerometer, gyroscope, distance sensor, servo, encoder, etc.), dynamically adjust its calibration settings if needed, or even provide a universal killswitch in case the unthinkable happens<\/a>. We’d say it’s definitely worth a look before you embark on your next robotics project.<\/p>\n

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