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SyRoTek a System for Remote Multi-Robot ExperimentsMiroslav Kulich

New Open Source Tools for Robotics from EU ProjectsWorkshop at the European Robotics Forum 2013, 19.-21. March 2013, Lyon, France

Markus Vincze, TU Wien, Yannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland, Christian Wgerer, Profactor GmbH, Katerina Pastra, Cognitive Systems Research Institute, AthensAntonis Gasteratos, Democritus University of Thrace 1Goal of toolPlayground (Arena) 350x380cm with fixed and retractable obstacles12 fully programmable robots controlled over Internet24/7 maintenance-free environment, charging docksRobots: 18 cm, 2 kg, 0.34 m/s, 8 hours, ARM Cortex, LinuxSensors: laser, sonars, IR, accelerometer, floor sensor, camera

2System overview

Use of tool, software/framework usedPlayer/Stage and ROS support in C++Control applications may be executed either on users workstation, remotely on the SyRoTek server, or in the Stage simulatorWeb interface: registration, videos, documentation, teaching materialUNIX-like operating system support: command-line toolsPlugins for NetBeans IDE, prepared tasks, SVN support

4Examples of uses and usersIntroduction to Mobile Robotics course, University of Buenos AiresOne-week course within ECI 2011 70 attendees4 hours in the lab: simple obstacle avoidanceExperiments in the simulator, 4 teams controlled the real robotsPractical Robotics course, Czech Technical University in PragueOne semester in 2011/12 and 2012/13Exploration taskThesis, research (Comenius Univ. Bratislava)Statistics from 2011/12 (32 weeks)487.5 hours of Arena reservations (15.5 per week)1376 robot-hours 22% reservations made between 6pm and 8amPAR students: 48%, other students: 23%, teachers: 20%, admins: 4.5%, users outside CTU: 4.6%

5Summaryhttp://syrotek.felk.cvut.czkulich@labe.felk.cvut.cz

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