Student Robotics
Student Robotics challenges teams of 16 to 18 year-olds to design, build and develop autonomous robots to compete in their annual competition. After announcing the year’s game, they give teams six months to engineer their creations. They mentor teams throughout this time, as well as supply them with a kit which provides a framework they can build their robot around.
Student Robotics is currently on it’s fourth generation of robotics kit, which is mostly based around the ODROID U3 and some custom designed hardware that’s based on STM32 microcontrollers. The kit communicates with the ODROID using USB, which has proven to be a more reliable communication method than their previous kits.
Student Robotics KCH v1
Support Level |
Core |
Bus |
Raspberry Pi GPIO and I2C via Kernel |
Board Class |
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The KCH v1 is a Raspberry Pi HAT designed for the Student Robotics Kit.
The following components are available:
board.leds
- A dictionary of RGB LEDs corresponding to the three user controllable LEDs and the start LED.
Student Robotics Power Board v4
Support Level |
Core |
Bus |
USB |
Board Class |
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Console Backend |
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Hardware Backend |
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The Power Board v4 is a board used for managing power in a Student Robotics Kit, and is powered by a LiPo battery.
The following components are available:
board.battery_sensor
- A sensor to monitor the LiPoboard.outputs
- A dictionary of Power Outputs, indexed byj5.boards.sr.v4.PowerOutputPosition
.board.piezo
- A Piezo buzzerboard.start_button
- The start button
The following components also exist, but are not intended for use by competitors:
Two firmware generations are available for this board, known as the legacy
(version 3) and serial
(version 4+) firmwares.
Both generations are supported by the backend implementation, which will automatically determine the correct underlying backend to
use during the board discovery phase.
Power Board Power Outputs
There are eight total power outputs on the Power Board, 2 high current, 4 low current and 2 5V outputs. The 5V outputs are wired in parallel from the same regulator.
Note
The 5V Regulator is only controllable from board running version 4 “serial” firmware. Additionally, the L2 port is not controllable in version 4 firmware.
Student Robotics Motor Board v4
Support Level |
Core |
Bus |
USB |
Board Class |
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Console Backend |
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Hardware Backend |
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The Motor Board v4 is a board used for controlling up to two motors.
The following components are available:
board.motors
- A list of motors corresponding to the motor outputs.
Student Robotics Servo Board v4
Support Level |
Core |
Bus |
USB |
Board Class |
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Console Backend |
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Hardware Backend |
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The Servo Board v4 is a board used for controlling up to twelve servo motors.
The following components are available:
board.servos
- A list of servos corresponding to the servo outputs.
Student Robotics Ruggeduino Firmware
Support Level |
Core |
Bus |
USB |
Board Class |
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Console Backend |
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Hardware Backend |
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The Ruggeduino is a robust microcontroller for IO based on the Arduino Uno.
Student Robotics provides firmware that allows basic control of the Ruggeduino over serial.
The following components are available: