Roffi Biped Robot
Project description
Design a low cost biped robot to play soccer.
Goals
- Goal 1: improve computational power of Roffi and integrate with middleware;
- Goal 2: implement basic skills to play soccer;
- Goal 3: control soccer team with agent programming;
Milestones
- Milestone 1: replace Arduino Mega by Raspberry Pi 2/3 with camera;
- Milestone 2: integrate IMU to enable standup behaviour;
- Milestone 3: integrate with ROS;
- Milestone 4: implement a localization method;
- Milestone 5: implement a path planning method;
- Milestone 6: integrate machine learning method to learn new movemnts;
- Milestone 7: integrate model into Gazebo simulator;
- Milestone 8: implement algoritms for soccer;
- Milestone 9: integrate software to multi-agent system to control a soccer team of Roffi;
People
Coordinator
- Alexandre Amory, PUCRS.
Academic Collaborators
- …
Students
- Guilherme Henrique Marculino Marques, undergraduate student on Computer engineering/PUCRS, advised by Alexandre Amory, role: 3D model, Arduino firmware.
- currently looking for a interested student. It is an ideal project for TCC or master.
Papers
- title and link. full bibio data is already available at …
Repositories
- https://github.com/lsa-pucrs/rofi-biped-robot
Media
- Rofi initial tests - standing up
- Rofi initial tests - standing up 2
- Robot fight: Rofi vs Turtlebot
- Rofi and Turtlebot
Autonomous Stair-Climbing Hexapod
Project description
Design software for an autonomous hexapod for rough terrain, climbing obstacles including stairs.
Goals
- Goal 1: improve computational power of the hexapod and integrate with middleware;
- Goal 2: add machine vision and depth sensing;
Milestones
- Milestone 1: add a powerfull embedded computer like Jetson by NVIDIA or ODROID XU4 with Primesense depth camera and GPS;
- Milestone 2: integrate with ROS;
- Milestone 3: implement a localization and path planning methods;
- Milestone 4: learn which objects can be climbed;
People
Coordinator
- Alexandre Amory, PUCRS
Academic Collaborators
- ….
Students
- currently looking for a interested student. It is an ideal project for TCC or master.
Papers
- title and link. full bibio data is already available at …
Repositories
- https://github.com/lsa-pucrs/hexapod-firmware
Media
Gripper for Turtlebot
Project description
A simple to control gripper to execute pick-and-place applications with Turtlebot.
Goals
- Goal 1: design the gripper hardware.
- Goal 2: design applications using the gripper.
Milestones
- Milestone 1: implement electronis and 3D models; (100 %)
- Milestone 2: integrate with ROS ; (100 %)
- Milestone 3: improve control algorithm ; (90 %)
- Milestone 4: integrate with ROS actionlib;
- Milestone 5: integrate 3D model with Gazebo to perform multi robot simulations;
- Milestone 6: design multi-robot and cooperative application with two turtlebots with the gripper;
People
Coordinator
- Alexandre Amory, PUCRS
Academic Collaborators
- …
Students
- Guilherme Henrique Marculino Marques, undergraduate student on Computer engineering/PUCRS, advised by Alexandre Amory, role: 3D model, Arduino firmware.
- Renan Guedes Maidana, Master in Computer Science/PUCRS, advised by Alexandre Amory and Aurélio Salton, role: control algorithm and Arduino firmware
- currently looking for a interested student. It is an ideal project for TCC or master.
Papers
- title and link. full bibio data is already available at …
Repositories
- https://github.com/lsa-pucrs/zz-gripper