Student Projects
Contact Information
University and Department:
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Team Members:
Bradley Hughes
Henry Snow
Andrew Smith
Daniel Bennett
Alexander Schepelmann
Kathryn Daltorio
Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Roger Quinn – Lead Advisor
Dr. Frank Merat – Advisor on Machine Vision
Primary Email Address:
Primary Telephone Number (include area and country code😞
(440) 941-1241
Project Information
Project Title:
List all parts (hardware, software, etc.) you used to design and complete your project:
Hardware
NI cRIO-9074
Qty. 2 – NI 9411 – Differential Digital Input
Qty. 1 – NI 9250 – Analog to Digital
Qty. 1 – NI 9401 – 10 MHz Digital I/O
Qty. 1 – NI 9422 – 12-60V Digital Input
Qty. 1 – NI 9870 – RS232 Serial I/O
Qty. 2 - NI 9481 – Relay
NI EVS-1464
Software
NI LabVIEW 2009 SP1
NI FPGA
NI RT (Real-Time)
NI PID Toolkit
NI Vision
NI IMAQdx
NI Vision Assistant
Describe the challenge your project is trying to solve.
Build a robust autonomous lawnmower to compete in the Institute of Navigation’s annual autonomous robotic lawnmower competition. The challenge incorporates: network communication and synchronization, data acquisition, sensor interfacing, vision processing, signal processing, artificial intelligence, system control, and robotic actuation.
Describe how you addressed the challenge through your project.
CWRU Cutter, pronounced “crew cutter,” is Case Western Reserve University’s NI-powered response to the 2010 ION Autonomous Robotic Lawnmower Competition. The robot incorporates a CompactRIO and Embedded Vision System in order to accomplish the aforementioned tasks. CWRU Cutter placed 1st in the 2009 competition with a similar hardware platform.
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Please see the attached photos -- or "CWRU Cutter 2010 NI Week Application.pdf" -- for more photos and graphs.
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