Training on modular snake robots

Programme

Day 1

• Session 1: Introduction
  • About ourselves
  • Introduction to modular robotics
  • Overview of the training on modular snake robots

• Session 2: Building the MY1 modules
  • All the 30 modules will be built
  • Preparing the battery holders (some cables have to be soldered)
  • Preparing the download cables
  • Building 10 Unimods (Unimod = one module + electronics + batteries)
  • Testing everything

Day 2

• Session 3: Software installation
  • All the software tools will be installed: PIC C compiler, IDE for programming (Codeblock), Software for downloading (pydownloader)
  • Examples of downloading into the electronics boards
  • "Hello world" programming example: compile, download and test the blinking led program

• Session 4: Servo controlling
  • Introduction to servo controlling
  • Test the C programs for positioning the servos
  • Control model: Sinusoidal generators
  • Experiment 1: "The big wave". 10 isolated modules on the ground will oscillate generating a wave. The shape of the emerging wave depend on the local oscillator parameters