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An Introduction To Mechatronics Experiment: Lego Mindstorms Next Urban Challenge

Author(s) -

Nebojsa Jaksic,

Dawn Spencer

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--2599

Subject(s) - mechatronics , robot , bluetooth , computer science , robotics , set (abstract data type) , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , engineering , software engineering , simulation , wireless , programming language , telecommunications

This work describes a laboratory experiment designed for an introductory mechatronics course to employ discovery-based learning. Two robotic vehicles are constructed using new LEGO Mindstorms NXT sets. One of the two moving robots is equipped with sensors and programmed to follow the prescribed path on an enlarged city map. The other robot has no sensors and is programmed to follow the first robot. Programming of the robots is accomplished using the National Instruments LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO Mindstorms NXT and the Mindstorms NXT software. The inter-robot communication necessary for robot following uses Bluetooth wireless technology. This experiment mimics some segments of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Urban Challenge – a 2007, $2,000,000 prize autonomous vehicle challenge to complete 60 miles in traffic in less than six hours.

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