Firatelloid Project
Firatelloid (First Iranian Intelligent Humanoid Robot) is Iran’s first android, which won the prestigious Khwarizmi Young Award, a top Iranian scientific accolade, and set the stage for future humanoid robot development by Iranian roboticists. You can visit Firatelloid’s official website by clicking here.
Main Objectives:
- Designing and developing a mobile robot controller with diverse functionalities, such as:
- Image Processing
- Speech Recognition
- Sensor Interfacing
- Parallel Actuator Manipulation
- Wireless Communications
- Master-Slave Microcontroller Architecture Design
Hardware Specifications:
- Modular Hardware Design
- Wireless serial data/command transmission (433.92 MHz)
- Wireless video transmission (2.4 GHz)
- Wireless stereo audio transmission
- Local controlling unit’s parallel port hardware interface
- Microcontroller-based Master-Slave architecture:
- Philips 68-pin 80C552 PLCC microcontroller as Master
- ATMEL 40-pin 89C51/52/55 DIP microcontrollers as Slaves
- Sensors:
- Ultrasonic
- Microwave
- Force Sensing Resistor (FSR)
- Infrared
- Motors:
- Stepper Motors
- DC Motors
- LCDs:
- Character and Graphical
- Batteries:
- Sealed-Lead Acid
- Li-ion
Software Specifications:
- Developed using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
- Image Processing capabilities
- Local controller software for sending/receiving commands
- Speech Recognition via Microsoft SAPI
- Multilingual User Interface
- Multithreaded Design
- Video and audio capture using VFW
- Image filtering features
Microcontroller Programs:
- External interrupt handling
- Serial and parallel port handling
- Timer, PPT, PIT, and ADC operations
- External memory handling
- Digital serial transmitter management
- Master-Slave operation handling
Info
Arak Azad University
2002-09-01
Designing and developing the first Iranian intelligent humanoid robot.