Robomagellan

Robo-Magellan is a robotics competition emphasizing autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance over varied, outdoor terrain. At the start of the competition, a set of GPS waypoints are programmed into the robot, and it must find its way from start to finish without human intervention. Because of the irregularity of the terrain, the robot must use a combination of its sensory capabilities including GPS, machine vision, optical sensors, and ultrasound sensors to navigate around the obstacles. The number and complexity of the subsystems makes power and integration two of the largest challenges. The variety of sensor data being fed into the robot requires the use of sophisticated control techniques including fuzzy logic and artificial intelligence.

Contact Us

Name	Role	Email
Mike Ortiz	Project Lead	mtortiz [at] ucsd.edu

System Diagram

The main electrical subsystems of Robomagellan are:

Via EPIA PX embedded board (x86)
Power supply board
Battery 1 - for electronics
Battery 2 - for motors
Motor
Steering servo
Camera
Sonar sensors
Motor controller
AVR low-level interface board
User interface board
GPS receiver

Project Poster

Here is a preliminary project poster for Robomagellan that was on display at Eureka. This poster captures the project in a "work in progress" state. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version.

Rules of the Competition

RoboMagellan Rules: html • pdf • docx

Disclaimer: These are not the official rules. The official rules are hosted at http://www.robogames.net/rules/magellan.shtml. The rules on this site are provided solely for the convenience of IEEE UCSD project members and carry no official weight.

Google Group

This project's google group is: http://groups.google.com/group/robomagellan_2008