Porting of the control system of a Cable-Driven Parallel Robot to a Raspberry Pi module

Project Description

This project focuses on porting and testing the firmware of the control system of a Cable-Driven Parallel Robot currently running on a laptop PC to a Raspberry Pi and on integrating the necessary hardware elements. The aim is to improve the compactness of the system and enhance the user experience by adding interactive functionality.

Prerequisites

• Fundamentals of programming (Fondamenti di Informatica T)

Target Objectives

• Study of Real-Time Operating Systems
• Study of Real-Time communication protocols
• Study of ROS2 and tests on Linux PC
• Study and programming tests on Raspberry Pi
• Installation of the existing features on Raspberry Pi
• Hardware testing
• Current firmware testing and HMI improvements.

Expected Results

• Knowledge of Operating Systems for robotic applications
• Learning techniques for hardware/software troubleshooting in mechatronics applications

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