Chibots

ESC IS THRILLED TO WELCOME BACK CHIBOTS! Chibots is the Chicago Area Robotics Group, a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds such as electronic, electrical and mechanical engineering, systems programmers and software developers, among other professions. We are passionate about promoting personal education and active hands-on participation in the field of robotics through seminars, workshops and competitions. Chibots is continuously forming alliances with educational institutes to encourage young men and women to pursue a career in engineering by having on-campus lectures and holding events related to robotics.

This year Chibots will feature many interesting robots in Booth 1222. Some will be simple analog devices while others will employ microcontrollers and others will use mainstream operating systems (such as Linux). Although the list is tentative (i.e. if the robot is functional), these are some of the robots that we hope will be on display:

Junun Mark III MiniSumo – This robot is specially designed to compete in Mini Sumo matches where the objective of the game is to locate the opponent and push him out of the playing ring. This MiniSumo is powered by an OOPIC micro controller, Sharp GP2D12 IR sensors and two GWS S03N 2BB (modified) servo motors. (Robot on display on Wednesday June 8 only.)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjjEsrSneh4

FSLBot – A face tracking robot. Uses two cameras to track the face. Software development using Robot Vision Toolkit from EMG Robotics.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmTurQ7bkyw&feature=player_embedded

ChumbyBot – This robot uses a Chumby (Insignia InfoCast) as a robot controller. The Chumby runs a distribution of Linux that is robot developer friendly and can easily be used as a development environment to control external devices such as – dare we say – robots.
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBMvGDectjk&feature=player_embedded

Tomy I-Sobot – This is a small humanoid robot that is controlled via a wireless remote control. This small robot includes voice recognition, a gyro sensor and 17 servos. (Robot on display on Wednesday June 8 only.)
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yMQHPBwgv8

FaceBot – This the EZRA III animatronic head from Robodyssey. With 2 LogiTech C200 Webcams attached and servo movement controlled by a Polulu Maestro servo controller this head tracks a person's face and is capable of moving its spring lips. The main controller is a Windows XP or 7 computer running the Robot Vision Toolkit from EMG Robotics. This robot was featured in Robot Magazine, May/June 2011 issue. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnb5dkKt4Nk

SRS RoboMagellan – This custom built robot is designed specifically to compete in the SRS RoboMagellan event. The objective of this competition is for the autonomous robot to locate a defined number of orange cones that have been placed within the game course and whose GPS coordinates have been provided. The robot that finds the most cones in the shortest time wins. The pictured robot runs on 24 VDC using two gearhead motors. A Basic Stamp is used as the main controller and may be replaced or supplemented by an ATMega 168-20P AVR chip. PBasic is used to program the Basic Stamp and if applicable BASCOM-AVR will be used with the ATMega chip. The scanner assembly contains CdS photocells with color filters designed to identify bright orange objects.

XP Vehicle – This is a custom built experimental vehicle to be used to test tracking methods for line following.  It runs on 7.2 volts and is rear wheel powered. It is designed so that it can accommodate analog electronics or a microcontroller, plus a variety of other sensors as necessary.

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