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Research >
Mobile Sensor Swarms > VEX Mobile Robot |
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VEX is a versatile robot
development kit offered by
Innovation
First Inc. We developed a mobile swarm agent using this together with
Tmote
wireless nodes. Construction
of the VEX mobile sensing agent is illustrated here. |
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Several successful
demonstrations were conducted using this platform to verify the functioning of the navigation
and swarming algorithms we have developed. Videos
are available at the VEX demo page. |
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Mobile Robot |
Directional Antenna Setup with
Master and Slave Nodes |
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Directional antenna made using aluminum
sheet
(Note the parabolic shape - On board
antenna of the Tmote node is placed on the focal point)
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Motor coupling to wheel via gears |
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Connections to the VEX microcontroller
unit |
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Control outputs from the Master node to
VEX microcontroller unit |
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