The Pi-puck extension board: a Raspberry Pi interface for the e-puck robot platform

Alan Gregory Millard; Russell Andrew Joyce; James Alan Hilder; Cristian Fleseriu; Leonard Newbrook; Wei Li; Liam McDaid; David Malcolm Halliday

doi:10.1109/IROS.2017.8202233

The Pi-puck extension board: a Raspberry Pi interface for the e-puck robot platform

Alan Gregory Millard, Russell Andrew Joyce, James Alan Hilder, Cristian Fleseriu, Leonard Newbrook, Wei Li, Liam McDaid, David Malcolm Halliday

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Abstract

This paper presents the Pi-puck extension board - an interface between the e-puck robot platform and a Raspberry Pi single-board computer that enhances the processing power, memory capacity, and networking capabilities of the robot at a low cost. It allows high-level control algorithms, wireless communication, and computationally expensive operations such as real-time image processing to be handled by a Raspberry Pi, while the e-puck's microcontroller deals with low-level motor control and sensor interfacing.

Although two similar extension boards for the e-puck robot platform already exist, they are now out-dated and expensive in comparison. Our open-source hardware design and supporting software infrastructure offer an inexpensive upgrade to the e-puck robot, transforming it into the Pi-puck – a modern and flexible new platform for mobile robotics research.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8202233
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017
Event	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada Duration: 24 Sept 2017 → 28 Sept 2017 http://www.iros2017.org/

Conference

Conference	IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Abbreviated title	IROS
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	24/09/17 → 28/09/17
Internet address	http://www.iros2017.org/

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Keywords

Raspberry Pi
e-puck
Pi-puck
Extension board
Interface
Robot platform

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Self-repairing hardware paradigms based on astrocyte-neuron models
Halliday, D. M., Timmis, J. & Tyrrell, A.
EPSRC
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Self-repairing hardware paradigms based on astrocyte-neuron models

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