Lab Exercises For Dani

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LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit (DaNI)
Lab Exercises

Dr. James Conrad
John Wilkes

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Outline
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Course Information
Lab Development and Materials
Lab Descriptions andDemonstrations
Results and DaNI model Comparison
Conclusion

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UNC Charlotte Intro to Robotics Course
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Senior/Graduate level.
Prerequisite: Programming course, Senior standing.Currently only offered in the summer.
Program a modern microcontroller using LabVIEW
and operate its peripheral devices.
• Book: Autonomous Mobile Robots by Roland
Siegwart, second edition, 2011.4

UNC Charlotte Robotics Course (Cont).
• Identify general concepts of Systems Engineering.
• Identify sensors and integrate them in a robot.
• Design motion sub-systems (DC motors, servos,steppers,
steppers, linear actuators) and identify how they
would be integrated in a robot.
• Design a motion trajectory planning algorithm and
implement it in a robot.
• Hands-on labs a majorpart of course.
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Development of Labs – Senior Design
• Original labs developed as a UNCC sponsored
senior design project
• Team of 3 Computer Engineering students
• Labs developed over 2semesters
• Deliverables: Labs, tutorials, solutions
• Sr. Design requires extensive project
management and reporting documentation
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Development of Labs, Additional Materials
• SensorsAccelerometer: ADXL 320
– Infrared: Sharp GP2Y0A21YK

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• Sensor Bracket / Extender
• Wiring

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Materials Available to Instructors
• Lab Assignments
Gives background information and requirementsfor
the labs

• Lab tutorials
Step-by-step instructions for completing labs

• Solutions
LabVIEW VI files

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Lab 1 – Intro. to LabVIEW Robotics
• Introduction / Tutorial packet shipswith the DaNI
robotic platform
• Basic tutorial for creating a LabVIEW robotics
project
• Hardware setup and configuration
Tests motors and ultrasonic sensor

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Lab 2 – Motor Control
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