Automated System

Shoes Detecting Obstructions and Holes for Blind People

2015-03-18T23:01:00.000-07:00

The blind people so is difficult to determine the condition of the road, so it's a lot of blind people who had preferred to stay home.

image from http://tekno.liputan6.com

However, with the development of our controllers can make them to be able to travel with ease.
The equipment is simple and easy to implement is to add a microcontroller and proximity sensor. One of the creativity of our brothers who lived in Indonesia has made these shoes called BlindShoes.

To test try video can be seen here

Automatic Control System With Raspberry Pi

2013-06-17T09:10:00.000-07:00

The Raspberry Pi is a minicomputer. Because Raspi (Raspberry Pi) contains a processor and graphics chip, Program memory (RAM) and various interfaces and connectors for external devices.

Raspberry Pi

The essential to get started for MiniComputer Raspi:

SD card to save your operating system (Linux/Unix Based)
USB Mouse & Keyboard
TV or monitor (with HDMI, DVI, RCA, Composite or SCART input)
Video Cable (RCA Cable) to TV or Monitor Used

With Raspberry Pi we can make a automation system, for example:

Home Monitoring with video streaming or IP Camera
Automatic Door Key
Car Controller
Web Controller

We are can use programming language:

Python
C/C++
HTML
Lazarus
etc

To control system we used GPIO port (General Purpose Input/Output)

GPIO

To control with GPIO please read on next post

thanks...

Remote Control Door Lock Using IPhone

2013-01-28T09:43:00.001-08:00

The door is the main road to get into the house. What happens if our house is not locked or forget to lock it, must be easily accessible by others even by thieves. Take it easy, now many tools we can find to control and inform about the door of our house. This tool can be as remotely lock simply by controlling the device with your smartphone (iPhone) you.

This tool was developed and named "Lockitron". Lockitron we can control remotely to do lock and unlock our doors, but it also can inform you that our door is locked or not locked.
The advantages of Lockitron are:

Any phone works

Lockitron is compatible with any smartphone thanks to our mobile website. Older phones can use Lockitron through simple text message commands.

Wifi built in

Lockitron connects to the internet thanks to built-in WiFi. You can control Lockitron and receive notifications from Lockitron anywhere in the world.

Keyless Entry

If you use an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5, you can enable Lockitron to sense when you walk up to the door and unlock for you using Bluetooth 4.0. We call it Sense.

Powerfully smart

Easily Customizable

Technology Automotive: Automatic Parking System

2013-01-23T16:50:00.000-08:00

Automation technology now growing very rapidly, not only applied in industry only but is now beginning to be applied in the world of toys, educational and even in everyday life. As recently emerging automation technologies applied in the automotive world that is a vehicle that can park itself.

One product that already uses sensors to automatically park a commercial which is All New Ford Focus from Ford Motor, the car was launched in late 2012.

Some of the advanced features of the All New Ford Focus offered are:

     Features smart it is Active Park Assist, with only the push of a button, the driver is the All-New Focus can parallel park with ease, completely without driver intervention. This clever system uses sensors around the Focus to help identify the car park which allows then to control the car to the area. Motorists enough gas controls, brakes and gears.
     Second, Duratec Ti-VCT 1.6-liter-powered 125 PS and 159 Nm of torque. Equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission or no choice 5-speed manual transmission.
          More powerful audio system is operated using Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, and Ford Sync. Not to forget, also included features of Viper SmartStart application that can be used to operationalize the car remotely via the Windows Phone.

Humanoid Robot: Darwin-OP

2013-01-23T08:23:00.001-08:00

Darwin-OP is a miniature humanoid robot kits, these kits in the form of a platform that can be used to develop a humanoid robot NAO addition, Bioloid, and so on. Darwin-OP (Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence-Open Platform) is an affordable, miniature-humanoid-robot platform with advanced computational power, sophisticated sensors, high payload capacity, and dynamic motion ability to enable many exciting research and education activities.

In the Darwin-OP platform have included sensors, actuators and processors are very sophisticated, so that developers stay programmed.

Among them is the camera, gyroscope, accelerometer, and more details as specified below:

to the dimensions of the Darwin-OP is as follows:

for the humanoid robot actuator using motor specifications like this picture:

so that the actuator can perform movements such as the example below:

for detailed specification of the Darwin-OP is:

Default walking speed: 24.0 cm/sec (9.44 in/sec) 0.25 sec/step - user modifiable gait
Default standing up time from ground: 2.8 sec (from facing down) and 3.9 sec (from facing up) - user modifiable speed
Built-in PC: 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z530 on-board 4GB flash SSD
Management controller (CM-730): ARM CortexM3 STM32F103RE 72MHz
20 actuator modules (6 DOF leg x2+ 3 DOF arm x2 + 2 DOF neck)
Actuators with durable metallic gears (DYNAMIXEL MX-28)
Self-maintenance kit (easy to follow steps and instructions)
Standby mode for low power consumption
3Mbps high-speed Dynamixel bus for joint control
Battery (30 minutes of operations), charger, and external power adapter (Battery can be removed from robot without shutting down by plugging in external power before removal)
Versatile functionality (can accept legacy, current, and future peripherals)
3-axis gyro, 3-axis accelerometer, button x3, detection microphone x2

UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

2013-01-22T09:28:00.004-08:00

UAV is a development of automated robots, UAVs themselves to focus on making flying robots. UAV's are a safe and efficient method of monitoring dangerous environments or to take aerial photography, for example.
To create a UAV we will need a lot of sensors that are used to read his surroundings, such as: slope UAV, air pressure, speed rotor, and so forth. To make more sophisticated UAVs, we also have many uses sensors.
some examples UAV developed by ardupilot:

source image http://diydrones.com/ and http://www.ardupilot.co.uk/

Humanoid Technology: Bioloid

2013-01-22T09:06:00.001-08:00

Bioloid is a once technology of humanoid robotic. Bioloid is a robot construction kits, we are can a construct the robot according to our wishes. Bioloid has spesifications as follows:

Main Controller: CM-530
Dynamixel (servomotor): AX-12A : 18EA
Sensor: GYRO, DMS, IR
S/W: RoboPlus
Power: Lipo 11.1V, SMPS 12V 5A
Stall Torque: 1.5N.m (at 12V, 1.5A)

For input into the robot used several devices called sensors. The sensors will read the state of the environment surrounding the Bioloid, the input will be processed by the processor in this case the CM-530 to determine what actions the robot at the time. Activator is used to mobilize all the robot joints are often called actuators.

This detail part of bioloid:

Gyro Sensor (2 Axis) x 1 pc
DMS x 1 pc
IR Sensor x 2 pcs
RC-100A (Remote Controller) x 1 pc
Head & Chest Skin x 1 set
Lipo Battery (11.1V, 1000mA/PCM) x 1 pc
Lipo Balance Battery Charger
Screw Driver, Cable Holder
Mini USB Cable
Plastic Frame Set
Quick Start Book
RoboPlus Software CD

We can also make or design a different form as shown below:

NAO: Humanoid Robot from Aldebaran

2011-12-21T22:05:00.000-08:00

NAO is one of the humanoid robot developed by Aldebaran. NAO has several advantages and features of interest for exploration.

NAO has many advantages such as already exist: the sound sensors, touch sensors, and many more sensors are used.

Hardware Platform

NAO is a programmable, 57-cm tall humanoid robot with the following key components:

Body with 25 degrees of freedom (DOF) whose key elements are electric motors and actuators

Sensor network, including 2 cameras, 4 microphones, sonar rangefinder, 2 IR emitters and receivers, 1 inertial board, 9 tactile sensors, and 8 pressure sensors

Various communication devices, including voice synthesizer, LED lights, and 2 high-fidelity speakers

Intel ATOM 1,6ghz CPU (located in the head) that runs a Linux kernel and supports Aldebaran’s proprietary middleware (NAOqi)

Second CPU (located in the torso)

27,6-watt-hour battery that provides NAO with 1.5 or more hours of autonomy, depending on usage

Funny Icon

2011-12-13T15:00:00.000-08:00

Future Building

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Free Icon

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Hybrid Car

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Future Cars

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Autonomous System: Robotic

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Ubuntu Wallpaper

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Light Wallpaper

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Grass Wallpaper

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Android Wallpaper

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Circuit Wallpaper

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Robotic Wallpaper

2011-11-16T19:34:00.001-08:00

Wallpaper

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