What is AIRC?

Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee(AIRC)17 Mar 2006

A S Hodel [email protected]

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

What is AIRC?What is AIRC?

• Auburn University IEEE Robotics Committee is an umbrella organization for a variety of robotics projects.

• Formed in response to student requests:• Projects/competitions• Undergraduate research• Many of our students want to strengthen their

expertise!• Participation not limited to undergraduates.

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

OrganizationOrganization

Mustafa AliJordan Britt

Team leaders

SoutheastConCompetition

Westwood PresnallTeam leader

Tour Botother projects

Elizabeth HammondsFinancial coordinator

FundraisingPublic relations

AIRCHKN: T. A. RoppelIEEE: A. S. Hodel

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

Student GoalsStudent Goals

• Student organizations• HKN: top academic students in dept.• IEEE: active (motivated) students in the dept• Combine: get enthusiastic, capable participants

• Robotics competitions and projects:• Long term teamwork• Undergraduate research• Get experience not available in “normal” coursework.

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

Faculty GoalsFaculty Goals

• Increase research funding • Integrate and strengthen existing research programs

at AU: MEMS, autonomous vehicles, signal processing, embedded processors, control, navigation, image processing and vision, sensor fusion, cooperative robotics, etc.

• Develop research labor force• Identify potential graduate students• Undergraduate research opportunities

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

Funding plan:Funding plan:

• Need funds for equipment (development workstations, processor cards, sensors, power, batteries, etc.) and competition travel.• Elizabeth Hammonds: AIRC fundraising/PR officer.• Will establish AU gift account for contributions.• Undergraduates: “will work for academic credit.”

• Graduate level competition: requires significantly larger funding base (GRA).

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

Infrastructure plan

• Current location plan:

• senior design lab

• Cooperative Robotics lab (Roppel)

• Important to have “gathering point” for team

cohesion.

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

“Danger ahead:”

• “It will kill your research program.” Peter Jones,

AU-ME mini-Baja/Formula SAE advisor• ME competitions expensive, high admin overhead

• SoutheastCon: slightly more than a senior design.

• Emphasis of AIRC: • Visibility, success, and funding of AU ECE research

• develop ugrad skill base, enthusiasm, available ugrad

research labor, recruit to graduate program.

AIRC: Auburn IEEE Robotics Committee

Schedule

• [Spring/summer 2006] • “tinker” and evaluate

available technologies.

• Start fundraising.

• [Fall 2006]• Start formal team meetings

and work.