Acrob

Acrob robot.

Acrob = Arduino Compatible Robot

Author: Richard Balogh  (baloghelf.stuba.sk)

Acrob is a small mobile robot platform used for education developed at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. It is a fruitful combination of the great Parallax Boe-Bot robot with the new electronic board compatible with the popular Arduino platform. As a result, we have the robot with many accessories available and programmable in C-like language with many libraries and user forums support. The board is an integrated version of the Parallax Board of Education Shield (for Arduino). See also: http://learn.parallax.com/

English

1. Technical documentation (technical parameters, schematics,...)
2. Before You start (download, install, setup)
3. Build your robot (hardware mount)
4. Hello, World! (serial output, TODO: variables)
5. LED Blink (digital output, delays)
6. Pushbutton (digital input, conditions, statements)
7. Piezospeaker (digital output, tone, reset)
8. Basic movements (analog output, PWM, servo, robot kinematics)
9. Distance sensor (analog input, distance sensor)
10. Line sensor I. (analogue)
11. Line sensor II. (digital)
12. Line following robot with obstacle avoidance
13. Ultrasonic sensor (time measurement) (see also HCSR04)
14. Whiskers (digital obstacle detection)
15. Compass (digital compass sensor)
16. Color sensor (digital color sensor)
17. Accelerometer (dual axis accelerometer)
18. Line Follower Sensor
20. Basics (analog vs. digital, discrete vs. continuous)

Slovak (obsolete)

1. Hello, World. (prvý program)
2. LED Blink. (digitálne výstupy, oneskorenie)
3. Pushbutton. (digitálne vstupy, podmienky)
4. Piezospeaker. (zvuky, reset)
5. Basic movements. (základný pohyb robota)
6. Distance sensor. (analógový vstup, snímač vzdialenosti)
7. Line sensor I. (snímač čiary, analógový)
8. Line sensor II. (snímač čiary, digitálny)
9. Line following robot with obstacle avoidance.
10. Arduino Simulator

Robotika Cvičenia

• Zadania z robotiky 2012
• Zadania z robotiky 2011
• Dotazník - prosím, ohodnoťte cvičenia (vopred vďaka)
• Tabuľka s bodmi z cvičení (kde nič nie je, chýba referát)
• Straty a nálezy (pero, prsten, zosit, usb kluc: balogh@elf.stuba.sk )

Read more

• Richard Balogh: Acrob - an Educational Robotic Platform, AT&P Journal Plus magazine, November, 2010. Vol. 10(2), pp. 6-9. [Abstract] [BibTeX] [PDF]
• Richard Balogh: Laboratory exercises with Acrob robot, In: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE 2011)., pp. 41-46. Vienna, Austria. [Abstract] [BibTeX] [PDF]
• Richard Balogh: Using an Open Software for Electronics and Robotics, In: Proceedings of the conference on Open Software in Research and Education (OSS 2011), pp. 39 - 47. Žilina, Slovakia. [Abstract] [BibTeX] [PDF]
• Andy Lindsay: Robotics with the Board of Education Shield for Arduino.

Acrob robots.

References

The Acrob board is (or was) used here:

• Course Robotics at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Summer school of robotics at the Fachhochschule Technikum Wien, Austria
• Local Mechatronic Contest organized by the BEST - Board of European Students of Technology
• Robotchallenge robotic contest in Linefollower and Puck Collect categories
• Robot with Acrob board won the international RoboCup Jr. 2011 contest in the category RescueJr. B

Acrob board is open hardware. Schematic diagram and final pcb were designed using the gEDA suite of programs. More info on the technical documentation page...