Introduction
Team EMEnents is an interdisciplinary team in its inception phase at NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, a constituent college of National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan. The vision for participation in Robocup Small Size League was manifested in 2009, and over the following years, the team has matured itself to its current state, where it now intends to participate in Robocup 2013.
In order to fulfill the requirements of the project, three teams, each from a different department, came together to form team EMEnents. Our software portion was divided into two categories. The High Level Control i.e. the motion planning & game play, which is based on techniques of Artificial Intelligence, and the Low Level Control, which deals with the Omnidirectional and closed loop speed Control of the robots. Software implementation of the game play and planning modules of the project were implemented by the team members from Computer Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering. The team from Electrical Engineering worked on the electromechanical actuation of motors, wireless communication and boost circuit implementation (kicker and dribbler circuitry). The team from Mechatronics Engineering also took up the task of design & fabrication of the mechanical structure and electronic circuitry of robot. The teams from Electrical & Mechatronics Engineering also worked in collaboration to implement the Low Level Control.
We have been working with a three pronged strategy, namely, development of robots and hardware, development of software, integration & testing of individual modules, all going in a parallel fashion.
In order to fulfill the requirements of the project, three teams, each from a different department, came together to form team EMEnents. Our software portion was divided into two categories. The High Level Control i.e. the motion planning & game play, which is based on techniques of Artificial Intelligence, and the Low Level Control, which deals with the Omnidirectional and closed loop speed Control of the robots. Software implementation of the game play and planning modules of the project were implemented by the team members from Computer Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering. The team from Electrical Engineering worked on the electromechanical actuation of motors, wireless communication and boost circuit implementation (kicker and dribbler circuitry). The team from Mechatronics Engineering also took up the task of design & fabrication of the mechanical structure and electronic circuitry of robot. The teams from Electrical & Mechatronics Engineering also worked in collaboration to implement the Low Level Control.
We have been working with a three pronged strategy, namely, development of robots and hardware, development of software, integration & testing of individual modules, all going in a parallel fashion.
Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Shoab Ahmad Khan -
Degree : PhD (CE) , 1996, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA. Specialization : Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Departmental Faculty Heads
Team Lead
Arsalan Akhter
MS Student Mechatronics Engineering
Field: Robotics, Path Planning and Control
[email protected]
MS Student Mechatronics Engineering
Field: Robotics, Path Planning and Control
[email protected]
AI and Strategy Development
Fabrication and Feedback Control
Wireless Communication and Dribbling System
Ball Shooting System and Electronics
Marketing and Promotion
Special thanks to Ghina Zia and Zain Imran of department of Electrical Engineering for there efforts in marketing and promotion of the project.