Rapid prototyping of an adaptive light-source for mobile manipulators with EasyKit and EasyLab

Martin Wojtczyk, Simon Barner, Michael Geisinger, Alois Knoll

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Abstract

While still not common in day-to-day business, mobile robot platforms form a growing market in robotics. Mobile platforms equipped with a manipulator for increased flexibility have been used successfully in biotech laboratories for sample management as shown on the well-known ESACT meetings. Navigation and object recognition is carried out by the utilization of a mounted machine vision camera. To cope with the different illumination conditions in a large laboratory, development of an adaptive light source was indispensable. We present our approach of rapid developing a computer controlled, adaptive LED light within one single business day, by utilizing the hardware toolbox EasyKit and our appropriate software counterpart EasyLab.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEighth International Conference on Solid State Lighting
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
EventThe International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 11 Aug 200813 Aug 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7058
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceThe International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period11/08/0813/08/08

Keywords

  • Adaptive light-source
  • Rapid hardware prototyping
  • Service robotics
  • Zero code development

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