Fall_2009
Project contents for Fall_2009: brainstorming
What are the potential applications of the robot?
- Transportation of goods
- Helping people, how?
- Other?
Application environments for the robot?
- Home
- Nursing institutions
- School
- Manufacturing hall
- Workshop
- Elsewhere?
What are the desired features of the robot?
- Appearance (human-friendly, technical, efficient)
- Range
- Speed
- Stiffness
- Strength
- Gripping ability
- Degrees of freedom, number, type
- Other?
Communication with the robot?
- Voice commands
- Remote Access
- The degree of autonomy
- Remote monitoring
- Data transfer method: wired, wireless, CAN, optical...\\
- Other?
Safety issues:
- How to avoid dangerous situations
- Robot sensing capabilities
- Fault handling situations
- Other?
Output
To summarize the results:
| • | Present 3-5 concepts, where the ceiling robot will perform different tasks in different environments |
| • | Describe the main characteristics and requirements in A4 paper |
| • | Create colorful draft about the robot in operation drawn on a A3 paper |
| • | Create 3D animations |
| • | Present the results in final report, presentation and poster |
Project progress in Fall_2009
The official kick-off of the project was 23.9.2009
The project is started when a sufficient number of people for carrying out key task areas have been assigned for the project. This page presents the documents and presentations from the Ceilbot project during Fall 2009.
Work Plans
Ceilbot Workplan for Fall 2009 updated on 20.11.2009, Workplan_fall_2009-ver3.pdf 
House construction consultancy Workplan, Workplan_Structural.pdf
Team Reports
| Home robot team | Sportshall robot team | Fire fighter robot team | Mapping team | House construction consultation | |
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| Home robot team develops a concept to be utilized at home for fetching things, cleaning and vacuuming. It utilizes a sophisticated trunk-like actuator. | Sports hall robot team develops a concept for large halls where the robot can participate in ball games and perform cleaning and ball-picking tasks. | Fire fighter robot team develops a fire fighter robot for large public areas for rapid in-situ fire extinguishing. | Mapping team presents a ceil-walking robot and concentrates on sensing and navigation activities of Ceilbot. | House construction consultant tells about structures and mounting methods to be used for safe mounting of the Ceilbot. | |
| Home robot team is:
Juuso Kinnunen, Ville Rahikka | Sports hall robot team is:
Guillaume MERCIER, Massinissa AIT-GHERBI | Fire fighter robot team is:
Vasek Brabec, Julio Cordón Muñoz | Ceil-walking robot team is:
Juhana Leiwo, Marco Torti | House construction consultant is:
Eelon Lappalainen | |
| Kick Off on 23.9.2009 | Project staff and students were introduced, the project work was presented and student teams were formed. Each team conformed of two students who will focus their research on a different environment in which a Ceilbot could work in. | ||||
| First Meeting on 30.9.2009 | Ceilbot_Brainstorming_I_30.9.09.ppt 
| Report_1.doc 
| First_Report.ppt
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| Second Meeting on 7.10.2009 | Ceilbot_Brainstorming_II_7.10.09.ppt
| Ceilbot_in_Sport_Hall.ppt
| 2nd_Report.ppt
| Ceilbot.ppt
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| Third Meeting on 13.10.2009 | Brainstorming_3.pptx | CeilBot_3_sports_hall.ppt
| 3rd_Report-Fire.ppt
| Ceilbot_mapping.ppt Ceilbot3-Juhana.ppt
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| Fourth Meeting on 20.10.2009 | Brainstorming_4.pptx | CeilBot_4_sports_hall.ppt model_1.avi 
| 4th_Report.ppt
| Ceilbot_Task_3.ppt Ceilbot_Animation.avi
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| Fifth Meeting on 27.10.2009 | Brainstorming_5.pptx | 5th_Report.ppt
| Ceilbot_visualisation.ppt
| Presentation1_Structures.pdf
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| Sixh meeting / MidTerm Review on 3.11.2009 | Ceilbot_midterm_review_home.ppt ceilbot_report-2_home-fix.pdf Δ
| CeilBot_midterm_sports_hall.ppt Report_Midterm_Sportshall.pdf
| Midterm_Presentation_Fire.ppt Report_Fire.pdf
| Midterm_Mapping.ppt Ceilbot_midterm_report.pdf
| Mid-term_presentation_Structures.pdf
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| Seventh meeting on 19.11.2009 | Brainstorming_6.ppt
| CeilBot_7_sports_hall.pptx ceilbot_body_impact.avi
| 7th_Firebot.pptx | Ceilbot_19-11.ppt
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| Eighth meeting on 26.11.2009 | Brainstorming_7.ppt
| CeilBot_8_sports_hall.pptx | Safety_firebot.pptx | SLALOM.ppt
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| Ninth meeting / Final Presentation on 10.12.2009 |
Hometeam_report-fix.pdf |
CeilBot_final_sports_hall.pdf |
Final_Presentation_Firebot.pdf |
Ceilbot_FINAL_PRESENTATION_10-12.ppt | |