University of Detroit Mercy OUr robots The Robots presented on this page were all designed by student teams as entries for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC). Each robot individually and in combination with the others has subsequently served to support research as new theory and algorithms are implemented and evaluated.
 

  1. •Known Aliases: µCERATOPS, Fatty

  2. •Service: IGVC 2009, 2008, Nav. Research

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2009

  5. •First Place Overall

  6. •Second Place Autonomous Challenge

  7. •Second Place Navigation Challenge

  8. •Sixth Place Design Challenge

  9. •Successful Jaus Challenge

  10. ‣IGVC 2008

  11. •First Place Overall

  12. •First Place Navigation Challenge

  13. •Third Place Design Challenge

  14. •Fourth Place Autonomous Challenge

  15. •Vehicle Systems

  16. ‣SICK LMS291 – Laser Detection And Ranging Unit

  17. ‣QuickSilver 34HC-2 – High Torque Servo Motors

  18. ‣PNI TCM3 – Roll/Pitch/Yaw Digital Compass

  19. ‣NovaTel ProPak-LBplus – GPS receiver with Omnistar DGPS subscription

  20. ‣Guppy F-033C – Firewire IIDC Camera

  21. •Intelligence System

  22. ‣ Player Robotic Systems Environment

  23. ‣Powered by up to three Apple MacBook computers.

  24. •Design Reports:

  25. ‣Uceratops IGVC Report.pdf

  26. ‣UDM IGVC 2009 Final Report.pdf

  1. •Known Aliases: Captops

  2. •Service: IGVC 2007, Research, vision & nav

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2007

  5. •Third Place Overall

  6. •Third Place Navigation Challenge

  7. •Third Place Autonomous Challenge

  8. •Weight: 250LBS

  9. •Vehicle Systems:

  10. ‣SICK LMS200 – Laser Detection And Ranging Unit

  11. ‣QuickSilver 34HC-1 – High Torque Servo Motors

  12. ‣PNI TCM3 – Roll/Pitch/Yaw Digital Compass

  13. ‣NovaTel ProPak-LBplus – GPS receiver with Omnistar DGPS subscription

  14. ‣Guppy F-033C – Firewire IIDC Camera

  15. •Intelligence System

  16. ‣Player Robotic Systems Environment

  17. ‣Powered by up to two MacBook computers.

  18. •Design Report:

  19. ‣Captop report.pdf

  20. •Webpage:

  21. ‣2007 UD Mercy Senior Design

  22. •Video:

  23. ‣Fox News Detroit Interview

Capacitops
µCERATOPS / THOR Pro

  1. •Known Aliases: THOR

  2. •Service: IGVC 2006, Kitchen, dynamics

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2006

  5. •Third Place Overall

  6. •Third Place Navigation Challenge

  7. •Fourth Place Autonomous Challenge

  8. •First to Qualify

  9. •Weight: 200LBS

  10. •Vehicle Systems:

  11. ‣SICK LMS200 – Laser Detection And Ranging Unit

  12. ‣Spartan – Digital Compass

  13. ‣NovaTel ProPak-LBplus – GPS receiver with Omnistar DGPS subscription

  14. ‣Unibrain – Firewire IIDC Camera

  15. ‣2x 1/2 HP Headline EV BLDC Motors 

  16. •Intelligence System

  17. ‣Matlab/Simulink Environment

  18. •Design Report:

  19. ‣Thor report.pdf

Thor classic
Warrior

  1. •Known Aliases: Amigo

  2. •Service: IGVC 2005

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2005

▪Sixth Place Autonomous Challenge

  1. •Chassis: From Amigo Personal Mobility pltfrm.

  2. •Intelligence System:

  3. ‣Matlab/Simulink Environment

  4. •Design Report:

  5. ‣Warrior report.pdf

UDM ECE DEPARTMENThttp://eng-sci.udmercy.edu/programs/eng/electrical-computer/index.htm

  1. •Known Aliases: The Comeback

  2. •Service: IGVC 2013

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2013

  5. •Sixth Place Design Challenge

  6. •First Place JAUS Challenge

  7. •Vehicle Systems

  8. ‣SICK LMS111 – 270 Degree Laser Detection And Ranging Unit

  9. ‣Clearpath Robotics Husky Platform

  10. ‣Sparton AHRS8 – Roll/Pitch/Yaw Digital Compass

  11. ‣NovaTel ProPak-LBplus – GPS receiver with Omnistar DGPS subscription

  12. ‣Stingray F-033C – Firewire IIDC Camera

  13. •Intelligence System

  14. ‣ ROS Robotic Systems Environment

  15. ‣Powered by two computers: Minibox QQI7 Headless-ROS Master, Dell M4700 Laptop running Ubuntu 12.04

  16. •Design Reports:

  17. ‣Revanant_2013_IGVC_FINAL.pdf

Revenant-1

  1. •Known Aliases: Guard for AML

  2. •Service: IGVC 2010-2013,  Nav. Research

  3. •Awards and Recognition:

  4. ‣IGVC 2010

  5. •First Place Overall

  6. •First Place Autonomous Challenge

  7. •First Place Navigation Challenge

  8. •First Place JAUS Challenge

  9. ‣IGVC 2013

  10. •Sixth Place Design Challenge

  11. •First Place JAUS Challenge

  12. •Vehicle Systems (2010) (see above - 2013)

  13. ‣SICK LMS111 – 270 Degree Laser Detection And Ranging Unit

  14. ‣QuickSilver 34HC-1 – High Torque Servo Motors (M-class)

  15. ‣PNI TCM3 – Roll/Pitch/Yaw Digital Compass

  16. ‣NovaTel ProPak-LBplus – GPS receiver with Omnistar DGPS subscription

  17. ‣Guppy F-033C – Firewire IIDC Camera

  18. •Intelligence System

  19. ‣ Player Robotic Systems Environment

  20. ‣Powered by up to two Apple MacBook Pro computers.

  21. •Design Reports:

  22. ‣Cerberus-IGVC2010.pdf

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