Friday, May 09, 2008
Smart Robot 4-Series Spec Sheet
FeatureDescription
Height With body and dome; 3’. Without body and dome; 2’ 2"
Diameter With body; 18". Without body; 17"
Speed 1 ½ feet/second; three football fields in 10 minutes
Motor-wheel range Minimum of three miles on a single battery charge
Wheel size 8" Diameter
Microprocessor Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) CPU @60MHz
Memory SDRAM 32 MB
Data storage 32 MB Disk on Chip (DOS) and 1 GB (Gigabyte) USB Flash Drive
Operating system Linux; GNU Linux Kernel version 2.4.19 distributed by Technical Solutions
Programming languages Java and C++ (with Visual Basic syntax supported as well on the OOPic robot controller board)
Communications Wireless 802.11b (Wi-Fi) to Web, PCs, LANs and other robots
Connectivity USB, Serial, I2C and Ethernet ports and connectors
Sensor control OOPic-R robot controller board
Batteries Two 12v12Ah gel cell batteries; 1 electronics, 1 motors (provision for a third battery for addition of robot arm)
Navigation Map-based way-point navigation
Sensors Wheel encoders, beacon triangulation, Polaroid sonar (obstacle avoidance), temperature
Wheel encoder precision Measures/detects approximately 0.157" incremental distance traveled
Web connectivity On-board web server for serving up data and overall web accessibility
Motor-wheel configuration Two independent drive wheels (differential steering) and two casters (one spring loaded and the other offset from the ground --- able to negotiate door jams and wheel chair ramps)
Educational uses Linux, programming languages, networking, wireless technology, electronics, mechanical technology
Add-ons Voice Synthesizer and Amplified Speaker