Advanced Robotics and Embedded Systems Design (ARESD)

SHORT TERM EXHAUSTIV WINTER INTERNSHIP

ARESD – Advanced Robotics and Embedded Systems Design is a short term exhaustive
winter internship program which is the most exciting training program for the engineering
students in this winter. This course offers the knowledge and exposure about the fastest
growing field of Robotics and Embedded Systems. This program offers an ideal internship
opportunity which covers concepts right from the foundational level and exposes the
students to the unexplored applications of robotics.

LEARN HOW TO

• Control robots using mobile phones

• Control robots using IR
• Control robots using RF
• Control robots using PC
• Controlling robots using sound
• Control robots using keyboard and mouse
• Coding matrix LED display
• Make a Haptic robotics arm and globes (Certified by Techkriti’10, IIT Kanpur)
• Design a PCB

PROTOCOLS TO BE MASTERED

• UART
• PS/2
• RC-5

HANDS-ON LIVE PROJECTS

• Mobile controlled robot based on frequency synthesizing

• PC controlled Robot wired and wireless
• Sound control robot
• Controlling robotic motion through PC key board
• Controlling robotic motion through mouse
• Controlling robotic motion through Radio Frequency
• Controlling robotic motion through Infra Red signals
• Remote Data Acquisition System using IR standards
• Haptic robotics (Certified by Techkriti’10, IIT Kanpur)
• Inter robot communication using RF, IR
and many more....
COURSE OVERVIEW:

AVR Family of Microcontrollers

• Why AVR?
• Design space and considerations
• AVR internals and functioning
• Embedded C Programming
• Basics of programming
• Use of the Win AVR compiler (Open source compiler)
• Head start to various programs on WINAVR

Interfacing Peripherals

• LEDs and LCD

• Key pad
• D C motor
• Stepper motor
• Servo motor
• Analog and digital sensors
• PC
• Wireless RF modules
• DTMF modules
• Infra Red
• Keyboard and mouse
• Matrix LED display

Haptic Robotics (Certified by Techkriti’10, IIT Kanpur)

• Concepts of Haptics
• Construction of Haptic arm
• Construction of Haptic glove
• Coding of Haptics arm and Haptics globes
• Haptic sensing
• Application of Haptic robotics
PCB Layout and Circuit Designing

• Layout and circuit designing software

• Drawing schematic
• Checking schematic
• Creating board
• Placing parts
• Design considerations
• Routing
• Auto routing
• Copper pouring
• Conclusions

Sensors

• Bump sensor
• Line sensor
• Light sensor using LDR, photo transistor and photo diode.
• Infrared sensor using IR diode, and IR detectors
• Obstacle detectors
• Temperature sensor
• Shaft Encoder

Actuators

• Types of actuators used in robotics

• Dc motors
• Stepper Motor
• Servo motors
• Linear Actuators

Motor Drivers

• Motor driver using relay

• Motor driver using transistor
• Solid-state drivers: H-bridge, IC drivers
Wireless Technology

• Techniques and Applications

• Concept of data management and processing
• RF Transmission and Reception concepts
• RF Modules
• Encoders and Decoders
• Addressing One-to-One/One-to-Many
• IR transmission and reception concept
• IR devices

Software Support

• Necessity and Applications

• AVR Development IDE Win AVR and AVR Studio
• Introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio
• Accessing hardware using VB 6.0
• Creating a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Coding and structuring in VB 6.0

RTOS

• RTOS – An overview
• Concepts of RTOS
• Real time concepts (OS v/s RTOS)
• Need for an RTOS scheduler

ARESD Takeaway kit contents:

• AVR advanced development board with

Onboard motor drivers (2X4)
IR transmitter and receiver
Buzzer
PS/2 interface
UART interface
USB power
• 16x2 character LCD module
• Analog optical sensors
• Sound sensor
• Serial cable
• Extra components, tools and much more....