Autonomous Robots

Summary

Autonomous robots are a unqie challenge as they require a precise blend of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering. We have developed robots that can autonomously scan areas and output calculations and other data, perform tasks and repeat them once first learned, and conduct surveillance and image recognition. Again, these are simple examples of our capabilities. We are able to design and develop robots with a wide variety of autonomous features. SuperDroid Robots was started by providing autonmous robots by deveopling and selling the SuperDroid Trekker. We will be launching the Trekker 2 shortly. Several of our autnomous robots can not be discussed due to their confidential nature. If you have a robot that you need designed and programmed, please contact us, we will be glad to sign NDAs, etc. to protect your custom robot.

For the DIY robot builders. We sell all the controllers, sensors, etc. that you will need to build your own autonmous robot. Please see a couple of our support pages for help with your DIY Autonomous Robot.

• Autonomous Robot AKA Squirrel Chaser
• Autonomous WiFi Robot Arduino Robot Programming

Robot to Scan Airplane Wings for the U.S. Air Force

This is a robot we built in conjunction with another company for the US Air Force. The scope of the project was to have a robot drive autonomously over a wing and scan the entire surface with an ultrasonic sensor to measure the corrosion of the rivets and wing panels. The robot positioned itself using two lasers on the front and back of the robot. They would bounce off known points and the robot would then use triangulation to position itself and report back to the onboard computer. Encoders and and IMU were also used to keep track of the robots position.

Large Autonomous Robots

We partnered with another company to develop a set of large robot platforms. They had an on board computer, 3D camera, SICK Lidar and GPS. The motors were hub driven and each wheel was mounted to stepper motor to allow to robot to drive in any direction.

Border Patrol Robot

We built a series of surveillance and image recognition robots for border patrol purposes. There were 6 pan and tilt units on each robot capable of 360 degree pan and 180 degree tilt. A high quality camera with 60 X optical zoom was mounted to each pan and tilt unit. Sonar and Laser were also mounted to each pan and tilt for more sensor data. There was a compass, IMU, Scanning Laser Rangefinder, and GPS designed into the robot to aid in autonomous navigation. Three on board computers were used for image recognition and autonomous navigation. A large rack of removable batteries was designed into the chassis for 8 hours of continuous run time.