The EvBot II: An Enhanced Evolutionary Robotics Platform Equipped with Integrated Sensing for Control

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dc.contributor.advisorDr. Troy Nagle, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorDr. John Muth, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorDr. Edward Grant, Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorDr. Mark White, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorMattos, Leonardo Serraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T18:04:47Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T18:04:47Z
dc.date.issued2003-04-09en_US
dc.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelthesisen_US
dc.degree.nameMSen_US
dc.descriptionNorth Carolina State University Theses Electrical and Computer Engineering.
dc.description.abstractThe research presented in this thesis describes the design and development of the EvBot II, a small, computationally powerful, and robust evolutionary robotics platform equipped with an acoustic array system. The EvBot II represents the next generation of autonomous robots for distributed robot-colony research, and its design has expanded the sensing capabilities and the overall performance of the EvBot robots by the incorporation of two microcontroller units, shaft encoders and a complete acoustic array system for tracking and navigation purposes. The design, development and test of this new robot is described in detail throughout this thesis, including the design of an USB data acquisition system capable of simultaneously sampling eight audio channels as required for the realization of the added acoustic array system. Experiments designed to evaluate the performance of this new robot and its components are also described in this thesis, as well as experimental results showing that it is a well-suited platform for the study of evolutionary robotics, distributed robot-colonies and sensors technologies.en_US
dc.formatThesis (M.S.)--North Carolina State University.
dc.identifier.otheretd-04072003-141839en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/1527
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dc.subjectneural network controlleren_US
dc.subjectrobotic platformen_US
dc.subjectdistributed roboticsen_US
dc.subjectUSBen_US
dc.subjectarrayen_US
dc.subjectdata acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectsensorsen_US
dc.subjectacousticen_US
dc.subjectcooperative roboticsen_US
dc.titleThe EvBot II: An Enhanced Evolutionary Robotics Platform Equipped with Integrated Sensing for Controlen_US
dcterms.abstractKeywords: neural network controller, robotic platform, distributed robotics, USB, array, data acquisition, sensors, acoustic, cooperative robotics.
dcterms.extentx, 183 pages : illustrations (some color)

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