Autonomous deminig robot

Project description

The LSA’s goal in the HRATC2017 competition is to provide the robot hardware, including the metal detector.

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Goals

Goal 1: provide the robot hardware. 100%.
Goal 2: provide the metal detector. 100%.
Goal 3: integrate with ROS-based environment. 100%.

Milestones

Milestone 1: brief description; status (%)

People

Coordinator

Alexandre Amory, PUCRS.

Academic Collaborators

prof. Dr Edson Prestes. Phi - Robotics Research Groupy(phi) - Computer Science Graduate Program (PPGC);
Raj Madhavan. HumRobTech, LLC - IEEE RAS-SIGHT.

Students

Renan Guedes Maidana, Master student on Computer Science/PUCRS, Adivised by Alexandre Amory, role: ROS integration and maps.
Augusto Cezar Peschke Bergamin, undergraduate student on Computer Engineering/PUCRS, Adivised by Alexandre Amory, role: metal detector.
Renato Silveira, undergraduate student on Computer Science/PUCRS, Adivised by Alexandre Amory, role: ROS-based environment and sensor integration.
Henry Nunes, undergraduate student on Computer Science/PUCRS, Adivised by Alexandre Amory, role: robot and metal detector 3D models.

Papers

@article{Madhavan2017,
  title={The 2017 Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technology Challenge [Humanitarian Technology]},
  author={Raj Madhavan and Alexandre Amory and Edson Prestes and Renan Guedes and Augusto Bergamin and Renata Neuland and Mathias Mantelli and Diego Kindin and Fernanda Rodrigues},
  journal={IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine},
  volume={24},
  number={4},
  pages={127--129},
  year={2017},
  publisher={IEEE}
}

Repositories

Robot Resources

GPS ultimate breakout v3 adafruit
Laser Sick_tim551-2050001. Top laser.
IMU ch robotics um6
Laser Hokuyo URG-04LX-UG01. Bottom laser, facing downwards with an angle of 55o.
Wifi adaptator - tp-link wn722n
Metal detector. 6.1 and 6.2 are, respectivelly, the left and the right sided coils.
Pionner P3-AT
These are the main parts inside the electronics box:

Media

videos and photos.

Youtube videos about the competition PUCRS Magazine - Robótica do Bem

Photo taken with the finalist at ICRA 2017, in Singapore.

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