Design and program the interface between Spot (B3VO) and radiation counter. Aid the Nuclear Robotics Group in achieving fully autonomous radiation detection.
Project Action Items
Design and Manufacture mount for Radiation Sensor
Design and Manufacture enclosure for counter
Access B3VO's online computer and plot counts
Measuring for representative CAD Model:
Clearance Prototype:
CAD and final enclosure iteration:
References for Boston Dynamics Spot end arm effector:
Preliminary CAD and clamp prototype:
Final Iteration for End Effector :
Linux Interface:
SSH onto B3VO's onboard computer to retrieve counts through com-port. Then process and graph counts in real time using Matplotlib.
Our group demonstrating scanning a radiation source (red dot on video) and plotting counts: