Title :
Application of a low cost vision system to a mobile robot based mechatronics course
Author :
Surgenor, B.W. ; Miles, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Mater. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
Experience with the application of a low cost vision system to an elective course in mechatronics is discussed. The course is structured around a series of laboratories involving a mobile robot. The course ends with a team based design project competition. A camera with embedded color tracking capabilities was added to the course to provide non-electrical engineering students with exposure to computer vision technology.
Keywords :
control engineering education; educational courses; image colour analysis; mechatronics; mobile robots; robot vision; tracking; camera; embedded color tracking; low cost computer vision system; mechatronics course; mobile robot; nonelectrical engineering student; Actuators; Application software; Cameras; Computer vision; Costs; Laboratories; Machine vision; Mechatronics; Mobile robots; Robot vision systems; computer vision; mechatronics education; mobile robots;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. CCECE 2008. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Niagara Falls, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1642-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564765
