Wireless Sensing and Control of a VEX EDR Robot using an XBee and MATLAB

Version 1.0.0.0 (2.38 MB) by Edward Belcher
Get data from sensors, webcam, etc. and control a VEX EDR Robot using a wireless link via XBee
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A simple definition of a robot is a machine that follows the sequence: sense, think, act. Not all the sensors have to be on the machine, nor does all the processing need to be in the onboard computer. Thinking can be augmented by another computer with memory, speed, and software more complex than possible in the robot “brain.” In this example the more powerful computer is an Intel core i7 processor in a laptop. The more powerful software is MATLAB. An external sensor is a video camera.
This task commands a VEX EDR to approach a block of a randomly selected color. The robot accomplishes this task in the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/PLwm1nyMgvE
An external video camera provides data to MATLAB for scene analysis. Communication from MATLAB to the EDR guides the robot to the selected block.

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Edward Belcher (2024). Wireless Sensing and Control of a VEX EDR Robot using an XBee and MATLAB (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/59412-wireless-sensing-and-control-of-a-vex-edr-robot-using-an-xbee-and-matlab), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2014a
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0

Added a photo of the VEX EDR with mounted XBEE transceiver

Updated a grammatical error and added XBee RF Transceiver Modules to the requirements list