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  • The Robots are Coming: How the PC will Enable the “PC Bot” Personal Robot

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    The document discusses the rise of personal robotics as a grassroots phenomenon enabled by technologies like personal computers, sensors, and open source software. It presents a model for a low-cost "PC Bot" personal robot platform based on VIA computer components and Roboteq motor controllers that can serve as a foundation for adding higher intelligence and functionality through sensors, navigation software, and physical enhancements. The PC provides a powerful and expandable computing platform for robotics applications like artificial intelligence and autonomous navigation.

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    The document discusses the rise of personal robotics as a grassroots phenomenon enabled by technologies like personal computers, sensors, and open source software. It presents a model for a low-cost "PC Bot" personal robot platform based on VIA computer components and Roboteq motor controllers that can serve as a foundation for adding higher intelligence and functionality through sensors, navigation software, and physical enhancements. The PC provides a powerful and expandable computing platform for robotics applications like artificial intelligence and autonomous navigation.

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    The Robots are Coming: How the PC will Enable the “PC Bot” Personal Robot

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    The document discusses the rise of personal robotics as a grassroots phenomenon enabled by technologies like personal computers, sensors, and open source software. It presents a model for a low-cost "PC Bot" personal robot platform based on VIA computer components and Roboteq motor controllers that can serve as a foundation for adding higher intelligence and functionality through sensors, navigation software, and physical enhancements. The PC provides a powerful and expandable computing platform for robotics applications like artificial intelligence and autonomous navigation.

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    The Robots are Coming


    X
    How the PC will Enable
    the PC Bot Personal Robot

    www.roboteq.com

    The Grass Root Robot Phenomenon

    Over 50,000 Robot Hackers in the USA


    Inspiring Educational Programs & Contests
    Ingenuity and Execution surpassing this of
    commercial companies
    Tapped by DARPA for Grand Challenge Contest
    Reminiscent of Hacker subculture at the dawn of the
    Personal Computer
    Enabled by Converging Technologies: Processing,
    Software, Sensors, Power Electronics

    www.roboteq.com

    Mobile Robotics Evolution

    PC BOTs
    Yesterday

    Now

    Mobility

    Very Soon

    A Bit Later

    Wheels

    Legs

    Camera, Radar, Whisker, Sound

    All

    Sensors

    None

    Communication

    Receive Only

    Low level Data


    Send/Receive

    High-Level Data
    Send/Receive

    Speech

    Intelligence

    None

    Basic

    Environment
    recongition &
    navigation

    Thought

    Enabling
    Technologies

    R/C Radio

    PC, WiFi, Webcam

    AI Software

    Artificial Muscle
    1000x computing

    Killer Application

    Entertainment
    Contests

    Telepresence,
    Security

    Personal Assistant
    Military

    TBD

    www.roboteq.com

    Why PC?
    Artificial Intelligence is MIPS and Memory hungry
    PC Mainboards offer highest computing and expandability for
    the money
    Low Cost sensors (Cameras, microphones, GPS, ) very
    available. Easy connectivity to custom sensors via USB, Serial,
    Parallel, 1394, I2C, PCI
    Free Internet Connectivity via Wired and Wireless LAN
    Massive Software base and developers infrastructure

    Why VIA?

    www.roboteq.com

    Trailblazer in the PC Bot field


    Most Compact and Lowest Power Pentium-Class
    Processors and Mainboards

    The Roboteq-VIA PC Bot Platform

    Mobile Robot Design based on VIA EPIA Mainboard and Roboteq


    motor controller
    Simple & Low Cost mechanical design using commercial components.
    Drawings downloadable freely from www.roboteq.com
    Foundation on which to add hardware & software to achieve higher
    intelligence & functionality
    Suggested Sensors
    Stereo vision
    GPS, Sonar, Whiskers
    Audio In/Out

    Suggested Software
    Dynamic Environment Modeling
    Autonomous Navigation

    Physical Enhancements

    www.roboteq.com/robovia.shtml
    www.roboteq.com

    Head, torso, arms

    About Roboteq

    Founded 2002. Private Corporation. Located Phoenix, AZ, USA


    Leading Manufacturer of Motor Controller for Mobile Robots
    Dual Channels, high Power: up to 2 x 140A
    For use in battery operated robots
    Computer interface for command and telemetry of operating data

    Used in >150 Robot Designs since Q2/03


    Software, Support and Deference Designs specific to Mobile Robot
    Applications (Robovia PC Bot Platform)

    2x140A
    Hi Efficiency

    2x120A

    w/Optical
    Encoder In
    Low Power,
    Low Cost.
    w/Encoders

    AX2550HE
    AX2850HE
    AX2850

    AX2550
    H1/03

    www.roboteq.com

    H1/03

    H1/03

    AX2400

    H1/03

    Product
    Roadmap

    Thank You
    Slides available for download at:

    www.roboteq.com/robots-r-here.zip

    www.roboteq.com

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