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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.
