This article presents the results of designing a mechanism for grabbing, lifting and holding container with which it is supposed to equip robotic wheeled chassis an apple harvesting module in industrial garden. The technical solutions used agricultural engineering operations various types loads weighing from 300 kg were analyzed, their design features considered. As result analysis, based on cr...

In this report progress towards the development of a mechanism that will facilitate the building of structures by a robotic swarm is detailed. While the results recorded are preliminary and represent work in progress, it has been found that the implementation method for the conceived idea of utilising a light-field template that varies in both space and time is valid.

Rhythmic neural signals serve as basis of many brain processes, in particular of locomotion control and generation of rhythmic movements. It has been found that specific neural circuits, named central pattern generators (CPGs), are able to autonomously produce such rhythmic activities. In order to tune, shape and coordinate the produced rhythmic activity, CPGs require sensory feedback, i.e., ex...

Substantial work exists in the robotics literature on the mechanical design, modeling, gait generation and implementation of undulatory robotic prototypes. However, there appears to have been relatively limited work on closing the control loop, for such robotic locomotors, using sensory information from exteroceptive sensors, thus leading to more complex reactive undulatory behaviors. This pape...

Robotic Autonomy is a seven-week, hands-on introduction to robotics designed for high school students. The course presents a broad survey of robotics, beginning with mechanism and electronics and ending with robot behavior, navigation and remote teleoperation. During the summer of 2002, Robotic Autonomy was taught to twenty eight students at Carnegie Mellon West in cooperation with NASA/Ames (M...

In recent years, there is a rising interest on studying biomimetic fish-like underwater robots because of advantages from mimicking real fish's great maneuverability and high energy efficiency. However, researches about these kinds of underwater robots have not been investigated so much and there are still diverse problems in respect of using of the robotic fish in the real environment such as ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) consist of multiple distributed nodes each with limited resources. With their strict resource constraints and application-specific characteristics, WSNs contain many challenging trade-offs. This thesis is concerned with the load balancing of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). We present an approach, inspired by bees’ pheromone propagation mechanism, that allows ind...

With the increased use of specialized robots within heterogeneous robotic teams, as envisioned by DARPA's Tactical Mobile Robotics program, the task of dynamically assigning work to individual robots becomes more complex and critical to mission success. The team must be able to perform all essential aspects of the mission, deal with dynamic and complex environments, and detect, identify, and co...

Emerging technologies increase the needs on self efficient mobile robotic applications that bring a new concern of sustainable and continuous power supply for the robotic platforms. This paper covers the various techniques and technologies used to design a solar powered robot, exploring the currently available products, software and limitations to this application. The main aim is to integrate ...

Research into autonomous (robotic) apple picking has not yet resolved the problem of finding optimal orientation. Robotic efficiency, in terms all available apples without loss or damage, remains low. This paper proposes a method determining orientation relative to target fruit and adjacent branches from point cloud surrounding space. The mechanism is then able avoid accurately grasp order pick...