Spring 2010
Global Emergency Tracking System
Sponsored by CUBIC Corp. – www.cubic.com
Emergency responders such as firefighters and military combatants must routinely enter unknown structures or environments. Accurate tracking of personnel can increase the speed and effectiveness of search efforts by allowing incident command to know what areas have been cleared. In many cases GPS is unavailable or inconsistent, so we have created the Global Emergency Tracking System (GETS) to utilize an Inertial Navigation System (INS) via dead reckoning and transmit data back to an incident command station in real-time to be displayed in 3D. This project focuses on the transmission and display methods of real-time 3D tracking data.
Indoor Localization with Short-Range RF Networks
Sponsored by Geodetics, Inc. – www.geodetics.com
The current leading technology in positioning is the well known Global Positioning System (GPS), however this is limited by satellite visibility. This project will implement a low-cost personal navigation system for use inside a multi-story building by using an IEEE 802.15.4-2003 Zigbee network in conjunction with other sensors. The user wears a participant node and attaches static nodes to walls and other surfaces after entering the building. Information is sent from participant and static nodes to a server, which uses several algorithms to determine the position of the participant node, and provides it to all users of the system.
SDSU Robo-Navigator Challenge
Objective:
To design and build a robot that can autonomously navigate around a predetermined course in the shortest time possible. The course will cover areas with usable GPS signals as-well-as GPS denied environments. Navigation beacons/waypoints will be placed on the course to aid in navigation and score the robot’s progress.
AzTech Engineering
IronBot is a highly intelligent robot equipped with multiple sensors and programmable logic in order to autonomously navigate through an obstacle course without human guidance. Our purpose is to challenge other robot competitors in a similar environment to successfully complete and exceed results in comparison. AzTech Engineering is a group of lead engineers destined to create the winning robot in any challenge by tirelessly testing and simulating to obtain the adequate knowledge for improving our work.
- AzTechengineering Project Proposal
- AzTechengineering Final Report
- AzTechengineering Web Page – aztechengineering.sdsu.edu
Power Robotics
Autonomous robots are the way of the future. Currently autonomous robots are used in a variety of areas such as NASA, industrial factories and even in households. The task at hand is to design, build and implement an autonomous robot that can navigate a course set by five beacons in the shortest possible time. The Power Robotics design will consist of a tank base along with the use of ultrasonic sensors, object avoidance and wall following algorithms to navigate through the course.
- PowerRobotics Project Proposal
- PowerRobotics Final Report
- PowerRobotics Web Page – powerrobotics.sdsu.edu
Yertle The Turtle
Team Yertle the Turtle is designing and building a robot that can autonomously navigate a course in a competition taking place on Senior Design Day. The robot will navigate areas of the course utilizing algorithms based on Dead Reckoning and Global Positioning System (GPS) along with ultrasonic, beacon-seeking sensors to determine the path that takes the shortest amount of time possible. Furthermore, the robot will be able to avoid obstacles.