Welcome to EGN-1935: Electrical & Computer Engineering (Ad)Ventures

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1 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Welcome to -: Electrical & Computer Engineering (Ad)Ventures This is the first Educational Technology Class in UF s ECE Department We are Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Arroyo. University of Florida, File 00 1

2 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Class 0 Tues, 05Jan16 University of Florida, File 00 Web site: > > Handouts: www: Syllabus www: MIT Book Today: > Lecture 0: Introduction, slides 1- > Show & Tell: TJ or Robot Next Week: > Lecture 1 on Tues, 12Jan, in Lar 239 In 2 Weeks: > First lab in NSC 407 (Week of Jan. 19) 2

3 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Who are we? Let us tell you about Dr. Schwartz & Dr. Arroyo University of Florida, File 00 3

4 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Menu Look into my... Instructor s Philosophy Course Philosophy Course Introduction and Procedures > Syllabus Our web-site: Overview University of Florida, File 00 See web-site: syl_f15.pdf, schedule.pdf 4

5 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Philosophy and Syllabus Instructor s Philosophy Course Philosophy Course Introduction Class notes (and updates) available on web (for limited time) Web tour :. ECE (AD)VENTURES Spring 2016 Catalog Data: Description: Textbook: Reference: Coordinators: {Revision 0} {January 5, 2016} Dr. A. Antonio Arroyo & Dr, Eric M. Schwartz Electrical & Computer Engineering Department ECE Adventures. Credits: 2. Requirement: Freshman standing. Sophomores, by permission. 15-Dec-15 Page 1/2 If you are unsure of your major or would like to learn about potential experiences of an Electrical and Computer Engineering student, this course is for you! In you ll learn about robots and experiment with sensors and actuators. This process will help you discover many basic ECE concepts. Grades are based on attendance and class participation. No exams. Fred Martin, The Robot Builder's Guide, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, 1992 downloadable from our web site at the bottom of the page at Joseph Jones, Bruce Seiger & Anita Flynn, Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, 2nd edition, A.K. Peters Publishers, Natick, MA, Fred Martin, Robotic Explorations, Prentice-Hall, A. Antonio Arroyo, PhD, PE, Associate Professor, MAE-B 338, , aarroyo@ufl.edu. Areas of specialization: Machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, microprocessors and embedded systems microprocessors and embedded systems, expert systems, human-machine interaction, computer software and hardware systems, pattern recognition, digital signal / natural language and speech processing. Eric M. Schwartz, PhD, Master Lecturer, MAE-C 106, , ems@ufl.edu. Areas of specialization: Robotics, microprocessors and embedded systems (hardware and software), digital design, autonomous mobile agents, machine intelligence, controls, robot manipulators. Teaching Assistants: Mason Turner, Khaled Hassan Goals: To discover principles of Electrical and Computer Engineering via implementation in an autonomous robotic platform. Students are familiarized with electronic instrumentation (including multi-meters, power supplies, waveform generators and oscilloscopes), electronic equipment (including soldering irons and proto-boards) electronic components (including batteries, switches, LEDs, resistors and logic gates), electro-mechanical actuators (including DC motors, servo motors and solenoids), electronic sensors (including IR emitter/detectors, CdS cells, sonar and cameras) electronic circuits (including switch circuits, LED circuits, voltage divider circuits, motor driver circuits, basic digital circuits, piezo speakers, printed circuit boards), robot software (GUI, C-functions, C programs) to control robot behavior, and presentation software tools (MS PowerPoint). Prerequisites: None Topics: (Tentative) 1. Power supplies, batteries, multi-meters, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, soldering, hand tools, rudimentary robot programming. 2. Proto-boards, switches, LEDs, resistors, bump sensors, pull-up/down resistors. 3. Voltage divider, CdS cells, potentiometers. 4. IR, modulated IR emitter/detectors, PWM signals, DC motors, servos. 5. Other sensors, actuators, simple behavior software 6. Intermediate robot programming, behavior creation and arbitration. 7. Piezo speakers, sound generation, digital signals, sampled data, sampling frequency, sonar. 8. Cameras, magnetic sensors, laser bump, modern sensors and actuators, radio frequency, ICs, Computer Usage: Students will use a simple language (such as our version of LOGO, POGO, BASIC or function calls in C) to develop very simple behaviors on an autonomous robotic platform. PCs (or personal laptops) will be used to develop some rudimentary robot software. MS Word and MS PowerPoint will also be used. Laboratory Projects: Students will conduct 6 laboratory projects during the semester (one every two weeks). Each lab sessions corresponds to one or more of the eight topics listed above. In the first lab students are allowed to play, muse and compete in teams attempting to solve a maze with a robot. University of Florida, File 00 5

6 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Teaching Assistants (TAs) Mason Turner Khaled Hassan University of Florida, File 00 6

7 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Where does fit in? Designed to be your first hands-on exposure to electrical, computer and mechanical engineering > You will design, test and construct robotic circuits You will learn about sensors and robots You will learn how to interface sensors to a robot You will program and control a robot You will (almost) build a robot from scratch > You will design the basic components of a autonomous mobile robot and in the process learn a lot about the disciplines in electrical, computer and mechanical engineering (often called mekatronics) University of Florida, File 00 7

8 : ECE (Ad)Ventures ECE Adventures Philosophy This course is different from almost every course you have ever had or heard of before. You will be practically building a robotic system to learn about the practice, technique, and theory behind all of electrical, computer and mechanical engineering as these disciplines interact in the field of autonomous mobile robotics. For our purposes a robotic system is a device that can measure its own state and take actions based on it. You will learn not only about robots, but also about technological systems of all kinds electrical, mechanical, and computational. More important, you become engaged in engineering design and problem solving (in the lab component of the class) as you work on activities and projects inspired by your own design. University of Florida, File 00 8

9 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Onion Model of Machine Learning Rote Memorization Being Told/ Programmed Analogy Induction Deduction By Discovery University of Florida, File 00 9

10 : ECE (Ad)Ventures University of Florida, File 00 ECE Adventures Philosophy This course uses a more sophisticated set of toys (mobile robots are like toys in the sense that they are fun to work and interact with, but you can call it a new educational technology if you like) that is specifically designed to lead students into thought-provoking and challenging engineering situations. In other words, while the set of tools you will be using in this course will ultimately result in you nearly building an autonomous mobile robot, the real work is in your hands, thinking hard about issues and problems as you progress through the semester. 10

11 : ECE (Ad)Ventures ECE Adventures Philosophy This course is part tutorial, part project guide, part reference, part philosophy, and part theory. You will nearly design and build a mobile robot, but, more important, you will learn about engineering design and the process of invention because, although all the pieces are presented in class and lab, it is up to you to utilize and put them together in original ways. University of Florida, File 00 11

12 : ECE (Ad)Ventures Lets Play! University of Florida, File 00 12