Side View of ALIAS

 Front view of  ALIAS

 ALIAS

Introduction

“ ALIAS ” , which is an autonomous robot having following capabilities :

·         Biologically Inspired Active vision System ( Automatic Object and face detection )

·         Common Sense

·         Contains one remote payload for critical applications (Complete onboard control of remote unit)

·         Voice Assist and feedback

·         GPS based co-ordinate mapper with automatic navigation ( GPS not available )

·         Laser based movement Encoding system.

·         Efficient robot task planner module.

·         Direction , Illumination , Temperature, obstacle .Fire and smoke, and other various sensors.

·         Real-time Ultrasonic range mapper .

·         Innovative LADAR system ( Laser and Infrared based range mapping )

·         Shortest path and critical path navigation

·         Automatic ,Gesture ,Voice, Wireless , Wired (Ethernet) , Programmed mode of control.

·          Electronic, Electrical and Mechanical design optimized for efficiency and resource saving.

Technical Specifications

Computing System

·         On-Board processor                : PIII 800 Mhz ( Intel / MMX / SSE )

·         Data storage                              :  20 GB

·         Operating System                     : Win98 SE

·         Robot OS                                    : Logic-P ( Multitasking mode / Pre -emptive )

·         Power Consumption                : 150 W ( Working  )

        100 W ( Stand By)

·         Onboard Power                          : Backup 30 minutes.

Sensor System

·         Vision Sensor                                  : CCD ( Logitech )

·         Range Sensor                                : Ultrasonic / LADAR System

·         Movement Encoder                       : Laser Based / Light based

·         Co-ordinate / Position Sensor      : Onboard GPS / IR Tracker

·         Obstacle sensors                           : IR

·         Temperature Sensor                    : Integrated Circuit

·         Illumination Sensor                       : Integrated Circuit

Control System

·         Control OS             ( Server )        : Logic P – Server  ( Multitasking Mode / Pre- Emptive )

               ( Node   )                 : Logic P – Remote ( Slave Mode )

·         Control Type                      :                     Autonomous / Semi-Automatic/Manual/Forced

·         Control Link Type             :                     Wired                  (  Control Cable / Ethernet )

                    Wireless              (  RF /  IR )

                    Vision Based       ( Gesture Based )

·         Control Device                                   :      Remote Keyboard ( RF )

                     IR Pad

                     Hand Glove ( Incomplete )

Salient Features of ALIAS

·         ALIAS can automatically discriminate between human beings and Non living things.

·         If the identified object is a living thing ALIAS tries to recognize the face and the gesture  of person.

·         If the object is a non living thing ALAIS tries to identify the object and gives its main characteristics.

·         ALAIS can be programmed to navigate between two stations automatically using GPS technology.

·         It can find the shortest path between two stations automatically and can be used as an AGV.

·         ALAIS can find the distance between its target and itself using ultrasonic distance measurement system.

·         It uses innovative technology of LADAR to make a 3D distance contour map based on Laser and Infrared.( Still under development )

·         ALIAS has temperature measure system with variable coefficient of correction for accurate measurement.

·         It has a Direction sensor which can give the accurate orientation of ALIAS w..r.t. Earth’s Magnetic field.

·         ALIAS has a small remote operated payload, which it controls by itself for any critical operation.

·         ALAIS has common sense databank, which enables it to make some critical decisions.

·         ALIAS can be controlled via voice and gives all its feedback via voice and LCD display.

·         It has an Illumination sensor for automatic adjustment of various thresholds of software-hardware interface modules.

·         Automatic Task planner for most efficient use of movements.

·         On board Power supply for 30 minute backup.

·         Real-time interface with base station for every small atomic function and updating of status.

·         Innovative movement encoding system based on laser.

·         It can talk to the user naturally using NLP software subsystem and voice feedback.

·         Short-range sensors mounted on wheel forks for obstacle detection.

·         Multiplexed sensor input sub-system.

·         Wireless camera for transmission of images to remote server unit.

·         Unique hand position decoder.

·         Detachable Gripper unit for easy loading and unloading of different grippers.