Student work
It takes different kinds of thinking to create. Here you can explore just some of the work coming from our staff and students, and see how our freethinkers are working collaboratively to create extraordinary pieces of work.
"Robot greyhound"
Final year student Karl Bernet works on this quadruped robot as part of his thesis project. Karl who has been studying part time towards an Industrial Computer Systems Engineering qualification works in a related industry and has a particular interest in robotic devices.
So far in his project Karl has reconditioned the (rather archaic) hardware and written a substantial amount of embedded control software so that his "robot greyhound" can take its first few, still rather unsteady steps.
Over the coming months we will refine the software so that this pneumatically powered robot walks with ever greater confidence.
Below are some images of Karl's "robot greyhound".
Using Programmable Logic Controller
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Francisc Majdik connects an operator control panel to a programmable logic controller (PLC) as part of a ENG305 majors project within Industrial Computer Systems Engineering. He has previously wired up the PLC to control an external device through a bank of solid state relays. |
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International student Nabeel Arshad debugs a Programmable Logic Controller that is being connected to an industrial flow sensor (blue and white, in centre of image). The two are connected using an industrial automation network cable (purple) that will allow the measurements from the sensor to be used as part of a distributed control (DCS) or SCADA system. |
Pioneer autonomous robot
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As part of their final year of Industrial Computer Systems Engineering a group of three students were charged with reconstructing the suite of control software that makes this Pioneer autonomous robot operate, after it had previously fallen into disrepair. They had to come to grips with the Linux operating system, the wireless modem and the video capture software which controls the guidance camera. |
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