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As the name suggests it is a Fire Bird IV robot with a tank drive. Its unique features allow it to be used as a surveillance robot. It features an on board wireless color camera that can be used for object tracking and capturing as well as controlling the robot from the remote location. The servo pod provides 0-180 degrees panning and tilting of the camera. The on board Zigbee module allows wireless communication with the robot. As discussed earlier it also features tank drive that allows the robot to travel on uneven terrain, climb over obstacles as well as drive through sandy or soft spongy surface. It is powered by Lithium-Ion batteries with excellent recharge time of three hours.
- Powered by rechargeable 7.4V 2000mAh Li-ion battery pack
- Five digital IR proximity sensors for obstacle avoidance.
- Battery voltage monitoring and audible battery low warning for battery protection
- 16x2 character LCD for displaying sensor data or any other information
- Easy to interface with PC using wired and wireless communication
- Supports 2.4GHz Wireless ZigBee communication in multi robot or robot to PC or both configuration combined
- Extensive hardware and software documentation and lots application notes and example C programs in AVR studio and ICC AVR.
- Supports uCOSII real time operating systems
- Supports servo motor based pod for wireless camera, IP camera and sensor pods.
- Easy hardware integration for add on sensors like GPS, Magnetometers, accelerometers and gyroscope etc.
Research area
Surveillance Robotics
Collaborative robotics
Real-Time systems
Specifications
Microcontroller : ATMEL ATMEGA128
Crystal frequency: 11.0592MHz
Real Time Clock Crystal: 32 KHz
Sensors:
One forward looking Sharp GP2D120C infrared range sensors (optional two additional sensors for left and right direction)
One directional light intensity sensor
Battery voltage sensing
Servo mounted sensor pod
Wireless color camera
Indicators :
2 x 16 Characters LCD
Indicator LEDs
Buzzer
Smart battery monitoring circuit (protects battery form deep discharge)
Operation Modes :
Standalone
PC as master and robot as slave
Robot as master and other robot/robots as slave
Communication :
Wired RS232 (serial) communication
Simplex infrared communication (From infrared remote to robot)
Wireless 2.4 GHz CDMA communication
Dimensions :
Length: 13.2 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: (with one sharp infrared sensor): 7.2 cm
Weight: 150 g (Approx.)
Power : Two 3.7 Volts,2000mAH Lithium ion batteries or Auxiliary power using battery charger
Locomotion :
Low power DC motors
Tank Drive
Top Speed: 12 cm / second
Features
- Development environment: C and assembly
- User manual
- Sample programs (C and assembly)
- Matlab and Scilab interfacing
- Serial downloading and programming
- Serial cable provided
- Pre assembled
Kit Contains
- Fire Bird IV Robot with all the sensors mentioned above
- An Infrared remote control
- Serial In System Programmer (ISP)
- Parallel In System Programmer (ISP)
- One Hour ultra fast lithium ion charger
- Serial cable
Robot Accessories
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