The UCF student chapter of the IEEE Systems Robotics and Control Society
This is the historical RBC page. It is unlikely that any of the
information anywhere on this page is even vaguely current.
Note that the club depicted in this page no longer exists except as an informal group of alumni.
However, see also ssd's robotic links page.
Other pages for the robotics club are:
Links for other clubs, pages, etc: (Send me e-mail to get added here.)
Table of contents:
I've begun deleting the really obsolete stuff from this page.
What is left is meant to be of purely historical interest.
There is some activity in the student chapter, but I cease to
be aware of what exactly it is. The Alumni are still working on
the old walking machines sporatically and informally.
If you are interested, please contact Steven Dick to get added to the
alumni mailing list, or just to check in!
- Walking machine competition
- the IEEE Micromouse
- AUVS Aerial Robotics competition
Status of current projects
- MicroMouse
- The international micromouse competition is held every year and has competators such as MIT and Norelco.
- Our entry from last year used a 6811 microprocessor; unfortunately, it had some serious flaws in the software.
- Promotional Robot
- drawings -- a set of very beautiful drawings were done by the same artist that did the body. They look identical.
- base -- The base was built by a Mechanical Engineering senior design class; it uses wheel chair motors that are designed to be driven by a car battery.
- body -- The body is a fiberglass shell around a foam core. The body needs an additional layer of fiberglass and a nice paint job.
- head -- The head is currently with an alumni who is replacing its electric actuators with more responsive pneumatic ones.
- joints -- The joints between the various body parts have not been designed.
- arms -- The orignal design calls for the arms to be static, but they have not been built. If someone feels creative...
- control systems -- An overall control system has not been designed. The head control system is based on a modular phone; the base control system is based on RC car controls.
- Walking Machine Decathalon entries
We built three and a half robots for the walking machine decathalon:
- Bosworth was the first. The control mechanisms of bosworth were removed; all that is left is the supporting structure.
- Swami Ralph was built of plexiglas, and looked very pretty, but was totally disassembled and the parts reused to build Nomad.
- Nomad is our last working robot. Nomad needs some TLC, as his translation and rotation bearings need some help, and several leg sensors need to be replaced and/or recalibrated. Also, his computer control needs to be replaced.
Nomad can still be walked under manual control if one is careful.
- Nomad II is only partly constructed. The aluminum frame is complete. The legs need to be assembled and installed. The leg gear mechanisms are mostly done, except for one missing gear. The electrical and computer systems need to be designed.
ssd 9/94