Intelligent, Autonomous Mobile Robots and Robot Kits for
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316 NW 17th Street, Suite A, Gainesville, FL 32603
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TalrikII
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TalrikIITM offers a sophisticated, expandable, programmable, autonomous, mobile robot with features found on units costing a lot more. TalrikIITM fits into a right circular cylinder of 10 inch diameter and 10 inch height. It is available in beautiful, 5-ply model aircraft plywood or black ABS plastic for a more modern look. TalrikIITM rides on two 3 inch Du-Bro wheels and a rear caster. Two high quality servos, hacked as gearhead motors and mounted underneath the platform, drive these wheels.
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| Sensors |
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- Battery voltage level detect
- Recharge current detect.
- Can determine multiple, simultaneous collision points.
- Can ascertain where the collision(s) occured +/-15 degrees.
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- Twelve IR emitters.
- 12 IR detectors.
- 10 bump switches.
- 3 CdS look-down "nose" light sensors.
- 3 CdS scanning light sensors.
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| Features |
- MRC11 robot controller with MC68HC11 brain and 64k bytes of memory.
- MRSX01 sensor expansion board.
- Convenient, easy access to all of TalrikIITM sensors and servos.
- Built-in recharging circuitry with diode protection and charge-light LED indicator.
- Sensor bridge with five slots cut to enable mounting up to five servos
- Also has holes drilled to mount two MSCC11 stand-alone single chip microcontrollers.
- Sensor head configured with three photoresistor light detectors, mounted on a Pan-Sensor-Head
- Allows tracking of light beacons and characterization of ambient light conditions while scanning through slightly more than 180 degrees.
- Mekatronix will offer a variety of different pan sensor heads in the future.
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| Accessories and Add-Ons |
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- Viking Helmet - Protects the bridge and detects collisions with objects above the plate.
- Pan Head/Pan-Tilt Head - Available to mount on the bridge
- Option 1 - Can accomodate the ultrasonic sonar sensor, infrared emitter/detector pairs, and CdS light sensors to give TalrikII one of the most versatile sensor suite of any robot at this price.
- Option 2 - Mount the video transmitter to see the world from the robot's eyes!
- Radio frequency communications modules to allow remote control and/or remote processing of sensor data.
- Additional MSCC11 or MTJPro11 microcontroller modules for more advanced behaviors.
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| Additional Equipment Needed |
TalrikII Manuals and Specs |
- MB2325 and C2325 - required to connect to PC or Mac for programming.
- Please Note:
- Only one MB2325 and one C2325 cable is needed, regardless of the number of MekatronixTM robots you own.
- If you have more than one PC, you might want one per PC as a convenience.
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Mekatronix manuals can be downloaded FREE. (Printed, bound copies can be purchased for $29.95 each)
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| Bundled Software |
Application Software |
The following software comes with the TalrikII kit:
- Sensor Test Module
- Motor Test Module
- Serial Communications Module
- Servo, Motor, and Sensor Test Module
- Autonomous wandering with simple collision avoidance and bump sensing.
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- Sonar Control Software.
- Pan-Tilt Head Software.
- RF Communication Software.
- White or Black line following.
- Light/Beacon following.
- Beacon Communication (Available 4Q99)
- Beacon Homing (Available 4Q99)
- Trajectory Specification and Execution (Available 1Q00)
- Artificial Neural Based Collision Avoidance (Available 4Q99)
- Simple Map Builder (Available 4Q99)
- Navigation (Available 4Q99)
- Neural Activation and Control Development (Available 4Q99)
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