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FIRE BIRD IV
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As a Universal Robotic Research Platform, Fire Bird IV provides an excellent environment
for experimentation, algorithm development and testing. Fire Bird IV is evolved
from Fire Bird II which is being used to teach four courses in IIT Bombay. Its modular
architecture allows you to control it using multiple processors such as 8051, AVR,
PIC and ARM7 etc. Modular sensor pods can be mounted on the platform as dictated
by intended applications. Precision position encoder makes it possible to have accurate
position control. The platform can be upgraded to tank drive and Hexapod insect
or any other desired form very easily. It is powered by Lithium-Ion batteries with
excellent recharged time of one hour. A 2.4 GHz ZigBee module provides secure multi-channel
communication over wireless channel up to range of one kilometer.
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specification on the Fire Bird IV page...
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SPARK IV
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SPARK IV is a robotic research platform based on AVR microcontrollers. SPARK IV
is designed by NEX Robotics in collaboration with ERTS Lab, CSE IIT Bombay. It supports
ATMEGA16, ATMEGA32 and ATMEGA128 microcontrollers. SPARK IV is ideal for learning
embedded systems, microcontrollers and robotics. It has wide range of sensors such
as white line sensors, digital and analog proximity sensor, directional light sensor,
position encoder etc. It is powered by Litihium ion batteries. It can be controlled
remotely with IR remote control. Robot can communicate with other robot or with
PC using ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) wireless communication module with 80 separate
channels.
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on the SPARK IV page...
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SPARK III
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SPARK III is a robotic research platform based on AVR microcontrollers. SPARK III
is designed by NEX Robotics in collaboration with Embedded Real-Time Systems Lab,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. It is a 8051 microcontroller
based platform. SPARK III is ideal for conducting lab experiments in microcontrollers
and embedded systems It has wide range of sensors such as white line sensors, digital
and analog proximity sensor, directional light sensor, position encoder etc. It
is powered by Litihium ion batteries. It can be controlled remotely with IR remote
control. Robot can communicate with other robot or with PC using ZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4)
wireless communication module with 80 separate channels.
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on the SPARK III page...
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Our Research Robots
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For more robots go to Gallery
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NEX Products
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NR-S-001 Rs 690 SHARP GP2D120C
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NR-B-024 Rs 625 PICUSB RP smart board
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NR-S-017 Rs 490 Micromouse sensor
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NR-W-012 Rs 30 Universal wheel
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NR-MDR-003 Rs 540 Dual L298 Board
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NR-MS-01 Rs 960 RC Servo Motor
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Workshops
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Intelligent Robotics Workshop
A workshop specially designed for robotics enthusiasts. It covers a broad range of topics varying from
sensor interfacing to microcontroller programming and involves a hands on programming session on
SPARK IV platform developed by ERTS Lab, Computer Science and Engineering Department and IIT
Bombay and NEX Robotics.
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Image Processing Workshop
Image processing workshop helps to understand the concepts of image processing and create excellent
automated machines with visual information processing capability. The workshop includes an exhaustive
hands-on session to create an object follower robot with the help of simple web cam and SPARK IV
platform developed by ERTS Lab, Computer Science and Engineering Department and IIT Bombay and
NEX Robotics.
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FIRE BIRD IV combo pack
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For Research and development in robotics
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Kit Contains:
- 2 FIRE BIRD IV robots
- 2 CDs containing Manuals, Tutorials and Application notes
- 2 Fast Lithium ion battery chargers
- 2 IR Remote controls
- 2 AVR USB programmers
- 2 Zig Bee wireless communication modules
- 2 Zig Bee wireless board to USB interface modules
- 1 4 x 4 feet grid of white lines
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Testimonials about our robots
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What people are saying about our robots!
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Prof. Kavi Arya
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
We used the robots to help us teach Embedded Systems course material to students - both local and through the Distance Education Program. Given that many colleges have inadequate lab infrastructure and little supervision, we found the robots providing a convenient way to help us deliver our material. The low cost made it possible for us to package the robot along with the course material - much like a text book. We anticipate that as a robotic community gets nurtured around these robots, the potential for creating interesting and ambitious student projects is immense.
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Prof. Purushottam Kulkarni
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
The in-house robots designed and developed at the ERTS Lab are great teaching and research platforms. The novel lab-in-a-box and supporting course material, at affordable will be a major a boost for embedded systems knowledge dissemination. The robots and other embedded hardware developed at the laboratory have supported implementations of several research prototypes. I envision these platforms to maturing and playing a major role in research projects.
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Sumana Srinivasan
Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay
My research thesis is in the area of wireless mobile sensor networks. I am working on designing algorithms for efficient estimation of level sets in a scalar field using mobile sensors. I used Fire Bird 2 to conduct a feasibility test of my algorithm. I programmed Fire Bird 2 to move in a light field on a white line grid and sense light intensity in its neighborhood. It computes the gradient on line and uses the gradient to move towards a level set and further, uses the wall moving algorithm to trace the level set. I used two Fire Bird 2 robots in my experiment, one for navigation and the other as a base station to record values sent by the navigating robot while tracing the level set. This was demonstrated at TechFest 2007 and a paper on this effort was recently published in the proceedings of IPSN (International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks) 2008. Fire Bird platform has a high potential to be used as a testbed for mobile sensor applications. I also found the libraries that accompany the platform especially useful and it reduced the programming effort considerably.
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