Tow Bot the robot the greatest robot ever

Tow. Bot … the robot, the greatest robot ever made. Austin Baylis Undergraduate Student Electrical and Computer Engineering Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 1

Objectives • Mission • Overview • Hardware • Software • Behaviors • Challenges • Going Forward • Questions Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 2

Mission Assist the Machine Intelligence Lab at the University of Florida with the secure transportation of vehicles and equipment. Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 3

Overview • Three wheel, displacement steering • Mild Steel Frame • Wheel Chair Motors • Sonar • Facial Recognition Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 4

Hardware • Lead Acid Batteries • Wheel Chair Motors • ODroid U 3 • u. Tinkerer XMEGA Board • Pololu Motor Drivers • Sonar • Logitech C 920 Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 5

Software • Ubuntu 14. 04 • ROS Indigo • Open. CV • Facial Recognition • Feature Detection • Tracking • IEEE XMEGA Com. Driver Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 6

Behaviors • Active facial recognition for access • Follow user to desired location using color thresholding • Basic obstacle avoidance • Continuous tracking Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 7

Challenges • Poor planning and prioritization • Hardware failures • Sonar timing • Communications Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 8

Going Forward • Make her feel beautiful • Remote Control • Better Control Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 9

Questions Austin Baylis: Tow. Bot 10