XBC Firmware

Project Info

Title:

XBC Firmware

Summary:

Firmware/GUI for the Xport Botball Controller

Year Started:

2004

Project Collaborates

Anne Wright
Rich Legrand

Tools Used

C/C++
ARM Assembly
Interactive C
Gameboy Advance

Videos

XBC Vision System @ Vimeo

Publications

Richard LeGrand, Kyle Machulis, David P. Miller, Randy Sargent & Anne Wright, The XBC: A Modern Low-Cost Mobile Robot Controller, Proceedings of IROS 2005, 08/2005

Firmware for the Xport Botball Controller, built to load and run programs written in the Interactive C language. The firmware acted as a virtual machine to execute IC bytecode, as well as route information from sensors and to motors in order to work as a full fledged robotics system. It also contained calibration systems for the XBC camera, which provided real time color blob tracking for multiple colors.

Videos

XBC Vision System @ Vimeo: