TinyTerp: A FULLY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SMART CENTI-ROBOT

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dc.contributor.advisorBergbreiter, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.authorGateau III, George Mikealen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-17T07:10:00Z
dc.date.available2012-02-17T07:10:00Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractA fully autonomous modular 8 cm3 robot is presented using commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) components. The robot introduced is called Tiny Terrestrial Robotic Platform (TinyTeRP) which provides an inexpensive, easily assembled, small robotic platform for researchers to study swarm behavior. TinyTeRP can be assembled in 30 minutes and costs $51.50. TinyTeRP is fully autonomous, with approximately 10 minutes of run time, and the ability to travel over 20 cm/s with DC motors and wheels. Communication to other TinyTeRP robots and stationary sensors is performed using a 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio. TinyTeRP has the ability to interface with additional sensors modules and locomotion actuators, including a wheeled locomotion and inertial measurement unit (IMU) module. An additional legged platform module that uses thermally actuated polymer legs with a silver composite acrylic is discussed. Finally, TinyTeRP demonstrates the use of two control algorithms to interact with a fixed beacon using received signal strength indicator (RSSI).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12378
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledRoboticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcotsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmicroen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledroboten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledswarmen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtinyen_US
dc.titleTinyTerp: A FULLY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SMART CENTI-ROBOTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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