{"id":5788,"date":"2015-03-11T09:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:12:53","slug":"introducing-the-zybot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/introducing-the-zybot\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the ZYBOt!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our applications and systems engineering manager, Sam B., has had an exciting project sitting on his desk for a long time that we finally get to see. Originally, his project was the Zedbot, a\u00a0Linux-based robot that uses\u00a0the Zedboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Zedbot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This takes embedded Linux on an FPGA and merges it with the world of robotics. It uses FPGA, Linux, servers, networking, and working with specialized hardware libraries, like that of the Xbox controller.\u00a0Awesome!<\/p>\n

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The Zedboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Josh and I finally got a chance to see his project. We then worked with him to create the ZYBOt. It’s the same basic design, but done on a\u00a0ZYBO<\/a>, a lower cost board. After working on the ZYBOt for some time, we’ve got it working so that\u00a0we can now show it off to the world, just in time\u00a0for ECEDHA<\/a> in Hilton Head, SC. We will be bringing the ZYBOt and our LED display<\/a>\u00a0to ECEDHA.<\/p>\n

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The ZYBOt!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The ZYBOt is a robot with a camera that transmits the camera feed and is controlled by an Xbox controller wirelessly. We’ve had a lot of fun trying to drive it from one side of the office to the other using the controller and the camera feed as our guide.<\/p>\n

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The ZYBO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Not only are we ready to show off the ZYBOt to the world, but we’ve also created a collection of Instructables<\/a> so that you too can make your own ZYBOt. We even recorded a video about it. If you follow our YouTube channel<\/a>,\u00a0it will be posted in the next couple days. In the Instructables, we cover all of the hardware, software, and power considerations required to make your very own ZYBOt at home. I also added a short Instructable about troubleshooting some of the problems you might face.<\/p>\n

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