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Armadillo Scout Projects

Finished Armadillo Assignments

Software

Mechanical

Crawler vibration Measurement

Moreover, please check the following factors.

1. relation between lug or (core bar) pitch of rubber crawler and arrangement of track rollers.

2. The dominant frequency of mechanical vibration of rubber crawler vehicle can estimate by driving speed / lug or (core bar) pitch of rubber crawler.

In case lug or (core bar) pitch of rubber crawler is 0.084m and driving speed is 0.200m/s, dominant frequency of mechanical vibration of rubber crawler vehicle can estimate by 0.2/0.084=2.831Hz

Muneshi Mitsuoka fra Kyushu Universitet har skrevet PhD om vibrationer i baeltekoeretoejer. Han har ogsaa lavet noget software der kan simulere et design af baeltemodulerne. Jeg har uploadet praesentationen jeg har faaet af han her. Jeg tror det er en god ide at tage med i overvejelsene af et nyt design. Her er link til deres artikler: artikel 1 artikel 2

Observations so far

Movement of entire house for weight displacement

Adding an implement and balancing of weight

Beltmodule redesign

We need a new design in order for the module to live up to our expectations.

The official description is in this googledocs document https://docs.google.com/document/d/15SUUbbJXgN6iYc-X1sOzwHNXymfVn5B7BtMgI5sI8pY/edit

1 slide short presentation of the project:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-wKnQeWtGUCR7ve3ykrSo6PZMFH5SHc6yH-UTAcvjsA/edit

Mechanical/Electrical projects

Dynamic change of height

Dynamic change of width

Tilting of the beltmodules

tilt the beltmodules and put a castor wheel on the ground

Update RHD for the new hardware

The RHD in MobotWare needs to be updated so it can control the hardware on Armadillo 2.

Sensors

Actuators

Selector button like on the Hako for mode control

  1. Remote - Bypass computer and go directly to the motorcontrollers
  2. WiiMote - (Using FroboMind)The software should start automatically based on the selected mode
  3. Automatic - The software should start automatically based on the selected mode
    1. MobotWare
    2. Frobomind

Upgrade the Safety System for the Armadillo-Scout

The Safety System need to be designed and implemented. It should follow the solution made for the Hako, so it is compliant with ISO 13849 - Machine Safety. It includes the following assignments:

Install Remote to connect directly to the motor controller

It is possible to cennect a RC controller directly to the motor controller. This mean it can be controlled with ot the computer and software.

Look for safety remote for this!

Control Panel

Create a HW control panal with on/off switches for different components → one switch for each 12/24 VDC connector.

Two potensionmeters to change the output voltage on the powersupplys. voltmeter to show the voltage.

https://www.distrelec.de/digitale-anzeige/red-lion/cub4v000/900770;jsessionid=601072C734EF84727554506898CC40E2.daechj011u

http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/127423/TDE-Instruments-DPM802-TW-Voltmeter-und-Amperemeter-Einbaumasse-68-x-33-mm/SHOP_AREA_17631&promotionareaSearchDetail=005

http://www.conrad.de/ce/de/product/121065/VOLTCRAFT-70004-Digitales-Einbaumessgeraet-LCD-Panel-Meter-Einbaumasse-60-x-24-mm/SHOP_AREA_17631&promotionareaSearchDetail=005