Robotinno Autonomous Project

Introduction

This is our first project working with a humanoid / biped robotic platform like the Innovati Robotinno. If you have not done so already we suggested checking out the review that we wrote up on the platform. Its an advanced kit and the construction of such a kit is outside the scope of this project.

For this project we will be using the following items:

• Innovati Robotinno Robot Platform
• Sharp IR or Ultrasonic Sensors

To be clear - we are not showing how to build this unit - but rather - concentrate on a given project.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate basic autonomous operation of the Innovati Robotinno Robot Platform.

Primary Objectives

We aim to keep the scop simple in order to meet each of the primary objects stated herein.

The following are the objectives we aim to meet in this project

• Move around in a given space
• Detect an object using IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s)
• Continue to move around without touching objects

Experiments

In order to ensure we have successfully accomplished the primary objectives we plan on performing a series of experiments. These experiments will validate the project.

The following is a list of experiments we will use to validate the primary objectives of the project

1. Walk Forward w/o IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s)
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can walk forwards without falling over using the Innovati Robotinno Platform.

2. Walk Backward w/o IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s)
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can walk backwards without falling over using the Innovati Robotinno Platform.

3. Turn Right w/o IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s)
The intent of this experiment is to show the Innovati Robotinno Turning to the right without falling over. We may have it walk foward and turn as well as walk forward stop and turn. We the same applies for walking backwards.

4. Turn Left w/o IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s)
The intent of this experiment is to show the Innovati Robotinno Turning to the left without falling over. We may have it walk foward and turn as well as walk forward stop and turn. We the same applies for walking backwards.

5. Detect object within range with IR or Ultrasonic Sensor
This is one of the simplest of experiments. We will simply test that the Robotinno equipped with an IR or Ultrasonic Sensor(s) is capable of acknowledging this.

6. Move around avoiding objects
At this point we have proven that we can move forward, backward, left and right. Furthermore, we have have proven that the the Innovati Robotinno is capable of detecting an object within range.

All this being said - the purpose of this experiment is to have the Innovati Robotinno walking about within a given environment avoiding objects it detects at all costs.

Results

Stay tuned....