Project Files
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Robotics and Motion Control
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Boston Dynamics implemented BigDog with a variety of computing hardware. Bolton Engineering worked with Boston Dynamics to develop a flexible high-speed general purpose “robotics toolkit” PC-104+ PCI bus interface board.
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Black-I had developed an agile robotics platform based on COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) computing hardware. The system required a custom board to control the motor servo amplifiers and to interface to the various on-board sensors. Bolton Engineering worked with Black-I to develop an expandable board containing a variety of subsystems.
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Boston Dynamics’ LittleDog is a
quadruped robot used by researchers at leading institutions
to study locomotion. LittleDog has four legs, each with
three motors. The motors are strong enough for dynamic
motion, including climbing. Bolton Engineering designed a
Processor Board with a variety of sensor and actuator
interfaces, plus a twelve-channel power board.
Click here to see a video of LittleDog (8.5MB file)
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Professor
Gill
Pratt at Franklin W. Olin
College of Engineering hired Bolton Engineering, Inc.
to develop a custom high-speed, low-latency interface between
his multi-axis bi-pedal robot, and a control computer. Bolton
Engineering constructed three boards to replace student-designed
boards that had proven to be noisy and unreliable.
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The
PHANTOM® Omni™. was SensAble Technologies’
second generation commercial haptic device. Just as video
screens and soundblasters allow computer users to visualize
and hear virtual objects, haptic devices allow users to
feel, touch and manipulate simulated objects.
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SensAble
Technologies had built a high power force-feedback (Haptic)
joystick for several years. They wanted to produce a moderate-cost
desktop version in time for an upcoming show.
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A
local school for the handicapped wanted to expand their
training and rehabilitation program to water sports. They
had adapted an existing joystick controller to work with
two electric propellers, but wanted to add a half-speed
control and a remote joystick so that an on-board trainer
could take control in an emergency.
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Created a custom PCI board to interface
with a PC-based motion control system.
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Consumer and Computer
