Computing
The computing division is responsible for programming the robot and developing a strategy for both the IGVC and Nasa RMC. The division thinks up creative solutions to complex problems and implements them together as a team. The division works on many different aspects of robotics including: artificial intelligence, machine vision and control theory. The computing division uses many industry standard tools and libraries such as git, opencv and ROS. The division offers a great experience for anyone interested in the field of robotics programming.
The computing division is structured much like a real company, and allows its members to research and work on the specific field they are interested in. The division is always branching out and experimenting with new approaches which offers a great opportunity to anyone interested in computer science and programming in general.
If you would like to learn more please feel free to email Tamara Spivey at tjsxz4@mst.edu
Related Posts From Our Blog:
Testing Begins: The ROV Comes to Life!
As the first semester of the Underwater Robotics’ build cycle comes to a close, the team eagerly wires up the electronics and places them into the enclosure. It has been a tumultuous semester – a relocation, a new design, and a new team. The team has been hard at work assembling a frame and thruster […]
A New Vision – Robotics Gets an Upgrade
For years the Robotics team have discussed using visual media to reach out to our supporters, in the forms of videos and live streams. Enabling experienced members to share their process and insight to the design process will engage sponsors, alumni, and prospective members alike. The biggest obstacle thus far has been obtaining a […]
Computing Division Brings Robot to Life with Neural Network
The computing division has started development on a new neural network, which will improve the robot’s autonomous performance. “The neural network is basically like a graph of nodes,” computing division lead Chris Eitutis explains. “You feed it some input, and those nodes do calculations similar to what you would imagine your brain to be like… […]
The Computing Cappuccino – Learning Arduino
The Robotics Design Team’s Computing Division is happy to welcome over a dozen new members this semester. With IGVC on the way, Computing Division leads Chris and Jonathan want to give these new members experience with the combination of computer software and hardware. By using Arduino UNO” the computing team has begun its 3-week workshop […]
New Year, New Challenge – IGVC 2017
With every new school year comes a new set of challenges, and for the Robotics Design Team, it’s preparing for the 2017 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, or IGVC for short. The competition takes place At Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on June 2 – June 5, 2017. The contestants must design an outdoor terrain vehicle […]
NASA Robotic Mining Competition 2015
The past week has been extremely busy as we hit the road to take our new robot, unofficially dubbed “Moonshot”, across the country from our campus in Rolla, Missouri to NASA’s Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center on the Florida coast. The competition involved remotely controlling our mining robot to make it collect sandy regolith (mineral dust) from […]
Moonshot Progress
Hello all! Our newest robot is almost up and running! Currently, it can drive, but when we’re done with it, it’s gonna dominate!! Here’s some pictures and video of the robot in its current state. Here are the videos: IMG_2496 IMG_2498
New Robot Drives Anywhere Without Turning
Though we obviously have a few big robots we’ve built for competitions, we at Missouri S&T’s Robotics Competition Team now have a much smaller addition. Our new pint-sized robot, which we’ve given the name Micro Prime (or μPrime), uses an advanced drive mechanism called swerve drive. Basically, this means that it can immediately go in […]