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Mars Rover for your Home!
Designed for research, education, and
exploration, Surveyor's SRV-1
internet-controlled robot integrates a
1000MIPS 500MHz Analog Devices Blackfin
BF537 processor, a digital video camera
with resolution from 160x28 to 1280x1024
pixels, laser pointer ranging, and WLAN
802.11b/g networking on a quad-motor
tracked mobile robotic base. The new 4
motor design, uses 4 specially made 100:1
gear motors to provide high torque, more
speed, and a lower overall profile.
Operating as a remotely-controlled webcam
or a self-navigating autonomous robot, the
SRV-1 can run onboard interpreted C
programs or user-modified firmware, or be
remotely managed from a Windows, Mac OS/X
or Linux base station with Python or
Java-based console software. The
Java-based console software includes a
built-in web server to monitor and control
the SRV-1 via a web browser from anywhere
in the world, as well as archive video
feeds on demand or on a scheduled basis.
Additional software support for the SRV-1
is also available by way of IPRE's
Python-based Myro, Microsoft Robotics
Studio, Cyberbotic's Webots, and RoboRealm
machine vision software.
Software
Robot Firmware: easily updated, written in
C language under GPL Open Source, compiled
with GNU bfin-elf-gcc and bfin-uclinux-gcc
toolchains
• Onboard User Programming:
interpreter for "small C" language with
special robot-specific commands are
provided for running user programs from
onboard Flash memory
• Development Tools: GNU toolchains
via http://blackfin.uclinux.org
• Console Software: Java based
application, runs on Windows, MAC, Linux.
WebcamSat web server module built into
console software, allows multiple
simultaneous remote viewers via
Internet
• Robot Control Protocol: Published
here. Easily used from other
applications
Third-party
Software
Support
• RoboRealm -
http://www.roborealm.com/help/Surveyor_SRV1.php
- The SRV-1 can now be directly controlled
from RoboRealm, a very popular
Windows-based machine vision software
package for robots. The RoboRealm
extensions for SRV-1 allow creation of
scripts that combine image processing on
live video feeds from the robot, e.g.
color filtering, blob detection/tracking,
edge detection/outlining and feature
extraction, with decision processing and
robot motion control, making it easy to
create behaviors such as object location
and tracking, obstacle avoidance, motion
detection, notification, etc, with a web
interface, and control can be scripted
from C/C++, Python, Java, C#, Lisp, Visual
Basic, WScript and COM through the
RoboRealm API.
• Microsoft Robotics Studio -
http://www.surveyor.com/MSRS.html -
Drivers for the SRV-1 in Microsoft
Robotics Studio are now available. MSRS is
a Windows-based environment for academic,
hobbyist and commercial developers to
create robotics applications across a wide
variety of hardware. Key features and
benefits include: end-to-end robotics
development platform, lightweight
services-oriented runtime, and a scalable
/ extensible platform.
• Webots - http://www.cyberbotics.com
- SRV-1 support is now included in Webots
mobile robotics simulation software.
Webots provides a rapid prototyping
environment for modelling, programming and
simulating mobile robots under Windows,
Mac OS/X and Linux. The 3D modeling and
physics are outstanding.
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Four
complete stes of Surveyor SRV-1Q robot
kit.
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Open Source design with full access to
source code (GPL) and schematics
• Host software has built-in web
server and video archiving
• Can run programs written in
interpreted C and stored in onboard
Flash
• Wireless remote control or viewing
up to 100m indoors and 1000m outdoors
(LOS)
• Robot can be controlled from a
terminal/console for easy testing
• Linux 2.6 support and "bare metal"
programming with GNU bfin-elf-gcc
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Hardware
Specifications
• Processor: 1000mips 500MHz
Analog Devices Blackfin BF537, 32MB SDRAM,
4MB Flash, JTAG
• Camera: Omnivision OV9655 1.3
megapixel 160x128 to 1280x1024
resolution
• Robot Radio: Lantronix Matchport
802.11b/g WiFi
• Range: 100m indoors, 1000m
line-of-site
• Sensors: 2 laser pointers for
ranging, support for up to 4 Maxbotics
ultrasonic ranging modules and various I2C
sensors
• Drive: Tank-style treads with
differential drive via four precision DC
gearmotors (100:1 gear reduction)
• Speed: 20cm - 40cm per second
(approx 1 foot/sec or .5 mile/hour)
• Chassis: Machined Aluminum
• Dimensions: 120mm long x 100mm wide
x 80mm tall (5" x 4" x 3")
• Weight: 350gm (12oz)
• Power: 7.2V 2AH Li-poly battery
pack - 4+ hours per charge
• Charger: 100-240VAC 50/60Hz (US
plug)
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$1998.00
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$2285.00
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