Resumen de Omni-directional robotic wheel-a mobile real-time control systems laboratory
B. Ramaswamy, Y. Chen, K. L. Moore
A mobile laboratory was developed for students of the ECE5320 Mechatronics and ECE7750 Distributed Control Systems courses at Utah State University. A serial server was connected to the microcontroller of a stand-alone omni-directional robotic wheel assembly. This enabled communication between the wheel and any remote computer, via a wired or wireless Internet connection. A telepresence control system and a prototype networked control system (NCS) were developed and tested. This system was suitably modified to accommodate the needs of the course laboratories, thereby enabling students to design, debug and test their laboratory project in realtime from the comfort of their own locations.
