epuck-artist

An edge processing, 4-color equipped wall plotter.

Embedded Systems and Robotics semester project at EPFL using the e-puck 2 robot from GCtronic.

Features

• Reproduction of any subject (100 x 90) in 4 different colors (camera, stepper motor)
• Semi-automatic calibration (TOF sensor, stepper motor)
• Interactive starting position configuration (IR sensors, stepper motor)

Requirements

Python 3.x

External libraries

• serial
• PIL
• numpy

VSCode with PlatformIO IDE

Libraries

• NeoSWSerial
• ServoTimer2
• Stepper

Eclipse IDE

Libraries

• e-puck2_main_processor (wiki)

Hardware

Peripheral	Model
Robot	e-puck2 (GCtronic)
Board	Arduino Nano ATMega328
Bluetooth module	Velleman HC-05
Servo motor	ST55MG
Stepper motor and driver	Gear Stepper Motor Driver Pack

Demos:

Live demo

Timelapses

Colorful concentric circles

Cubes

GCtronic logo