Alice mobile robot

• Design an intelligent mobile robot as cheap and small as possible
• Study collective behavior with a large quantity of robots
• Acquire knowledge in highly integrated intelligent system
• Provide a hardware platform for further research

  Technical specifications

Main Features

• Dimensions: 22 mm x 21 mm x 20 mm
• Velocity: 40 mm/s
• Power consumption: 12 - 17 mW
• Communication: local IR 6 cm, IR & radio 10 m
• Power autonomy: up to 10 hours

  Main Robot

• 2 SWATCH motors with wheels and tires
• Microcontroller PIC16LF877 with 8Kwords Flash program memory
• Plastic frame and flex print with all the electronic components
• 4 active IR proximity sensors
• NiMH rechargeable battery
• Receiver for remote control
• 24 pin connector for extension, voltage regulator and power switch

  Extension modules

• Linear camera 102 pixels
• Bidirectional radio communication
• Tactile sensors
• ZigBee ready radio module running TinyOS

  Projects and applications

• 20 robots at Swiss Expo.02
• RobOnWeb
• Navigation and map building
• Soccer Kit : 2 teams of 3 Alices play soccer on an A4 page
• Collective behavior investigations: video.mov 1 and 2
• Mixed society robots-insects as part of the European LEURRE project
• Investigation of levels of selection and relatedness on the evolution of cooperation in the ANTS project