Initial projects include programming different drive systems found on the robots using a single joy stick and/or dual joy sticks control and then moving on to camera, pneumatics, sensors, rheostats, encoder feedback, speed control, autonomous modes, etc. Students are to further their programming skills and knowledge using LabVIEW to control our FIRST robots. Students who are, work hard to proficiently program and control these robots to complete specific tasks will gain immense skills and knowledge in this field of opportunity.Įxperience with LabVIEW is not only helpful to your future, but also combined with hardware, electronics, computers, and design is a high demand skill-set to have for your future employment and education in this field of engineering. The robotic team, which competes annually with the FIRST robotics competition is always looking at being able to control these robots to accomplish specific tasks depending on the competition rules that year. Some students have already had the opportunity to work with LabView, while others are seeing this for the first time. 1: Introduction to LabView Situation:Ī class of senior robotic students with different levels of knowledge and skills have the opportunity to work with our FIRST robots using LabVIEW to gain experience with it's type of programming along with larger scale devices and challenges. Unit Content Activity Quick Links, Click to Jump to Specific Activity! are some of the areas you will be able to explore. Working with different electronic components, technical design, hardware devices, control mechanisms, math, electricity, pneumatics, wireless communications, networking, etc. Being able to do this gives you experience in several areas of engineering all at the same time. There are several ways you can control these robots using different hardware inputs and outputs to accomplish different tasks you may have need for.

This unit focuses on the use of graphic, object-oriented programming to control larger scale robots. Unit 3: Computer Technology: Robotics and Control Systems

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