Coyote-UGV
Giant UGV Robot controlled via smartphone
More or less a port of Hydra ROV
Notes
- This project is work for Gunners Team (Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University).
- This project was made for International UGV competition.
Project Structure
This project consists of 3 stages :-
- Android controller.
- PC Bridge.
- PIC Microcontroller app. (Arduino app as backup)
Work Flow :
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Via any android phone you can control the robot via usb cable to PC or wifi/bluetooth network.
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PC bridge handles the orders then send them to the PIC MCU (Arduino) via Ethernet using UDP / Serial Port.
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In the PIC (Arduino) it recieves the order and behaves according to it.
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PIC (Arduino) can send signals from sensors to PC Bridge via UDP / Serial Port.
Project Building Blocks :
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Android App :
- A simple user interface consists of buttons for control and seekbar for speed - When interacting with UI the app writes to logcat stream - Written in Android Java -
PC Bridge :
- UI changes according to user input or robot's output - Contains places to show user or robot's action - Connects with android via ADB and reads logcat stream - Sends data to robot via Ethernet cable using UDP (or Serial Port in case of Arduino) - Written in Java -
PIC Microcontroller App :
- Recieves data from PC via ENC28J60 Chip - Processes Data and send signals to motors/sensors - Sends running values motors - Data Transmission is via UDP - Written in MikroC (MikroElectronica Embdedded C compiler) -
Arduino Board App :
- Backup to PIC Microcontroller - Simple sketch to recieve data on serial port and process data - Envoking actions according to sent data
License
Code is available for educational purposes and you may re-use it according to the terms of the license.
Project is signed under GNU Public License v3.0