1. For what purpose İnci was designed and developed?
İnci is not developed for a specific purpose. It is a general purpose robot platform that can be used in schools and university labs for developing and testing various artificial intelligence and robotics software.
2. In what kind of applications can İnci be used?
Autonomous navigation without collision, mapping, object and human recognition and tracking, remote presence, visual and audio sensing, and speech applications can easily be developed using İnci.
3. How does it move?
The omniwheel that is seen in the picture can move in the direction perpendicular to the primary motion direction by the help of small rollers that can revolve freely. Therefore, the robot can move omnidirectionally by utilizing these wheels.
When three omniwheels are placed in such a way to have 120 degrees between them, it is possible to go in every direction by simply controlling the turn direction and speed of each wheel and without the use of any special steering system. Complex maneuvers, such as turning around while driving along a straight line or following a circular path around a target while the robot is keeping the target in the middle of its field of view, can be accomplished with the fine control infrastructure of İnci.
Since İnci can move omnidirectionally, we placed 9 IR distance sensors around the base with 40 degrees (360 / 9) between them.
4. Why Pardus?
Because of its compatibility with various hardware and new hardware recognition ability, software packaging convenience, and local support opportunities, Pardus is used as the default operating system on İnci.
However, you can use any operating system you would like on İnci.