In many industrial automation settings, robots are trained using a “teach pendant” or similar technology where a human moves a wand and the robot follows. Baxter is a humanoid robot designed for industrial environments. In this project, students will use an existing wireless sensor node technology to create a robot puppet control system, where the human instructor wears accelerometer (or other types of sensor) nodes on their arms, sensor information is sent to a PC and processed, and then instructions are sent to Baxter so that it imitates the human motion, in real-time, and possibility collaborate with other industrial automation devices. This project exposes students to a wide variety of fields and is a good precursor towards further research in industrial automation, wireless sensor networks and robotics.
Undergraduate
Knowledge of Python and C is required and experience with ROS and embedded programming would be helpful.
Lab allocations have not been finalised