- Qfix robot kit
qfix robot kits are an education tool for teaching
robotics . They are used inschool s,high school s andmechatronics training in companies. However, the robot kits are also used by hobby robot builders.Like
Lego mindstorms , it is arobot kit consisting of mechanics parts, acontroller , differentsensors andactuators , and a software environment in order to program the constructed robot.Unlike Lego, in qfix the mechanical parts are made of aluminium and all elements are industrially normed. Mechanical elements include bars and plates, holders for motors and sensors, axes and wheels.
For electronics components,
Atmel controllers are used. The components are modular and can be connected viaI²C bus.The qfix kits can be programmed from the PC, either in C++ by using the WinAVR environment or with a graphical programming environment called "
GRAPE ". Programs can be downloaded to the qfixcontroller board via parallel orUSB link.The qfix kits are often found in the
RoboCup Junior competition.External links
* [http://www.robocupjunior.de RoboCup Junior]
* [http://www.qfix.de qfix homepage]
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