Call3 Monitoring MUCE

Public Summary Month 7/2013

Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:39:36 GMT

The new mechanics is now assembled and initial test has been performed with good results. After that the vacation period here in Sweden is ended we will test the new prototype in a real pool to verify the first test results. The work with the electronic hardware and the software continues. We have been offered to apply for an extension of the time schedule to the end of September. That gives us a lot better possibility to finish the project with successful test results. Integration with the software can be started when the hardware tests are trough. The integration will be made in several steps. After finish one step and before we start next step in the integration process we plan to test integrated functionality under real test conditions in pools. We estimate to start integration in the beginning of September.

Public Summary Month 6/2013

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:12:56 GMT

We have still not been paid for the work we did in year 2011 by EC! Anyway we continue to work with the development of the hardware, software and mechanics. Due to bad test results of the locomotion and traction capability of the robot we have redesigned the mechanical configuration and hope for better results in next test. We have got approval for extension of the time schedule to the end of July. Anyway it will be very tough to finish the project in time.

Public Summary Month 3/2013

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:37:44 GMT

Electronic boards specifications are ready and the electronic design have been started.

Public Summary Month 1/2013

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:37:15 GMT

Most of the critical components for the navigation system have been procured. Mechanical and electronic integration is well on way and the electronic design specification is close to ready.

Public Summary Sep. - Oct. 2012

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:49:41 GMT

Public summery

The project have now been able to sort among all technical possibilities there are to navigate under water and concluded a method for triangulation and range finding. Several weak points have been identified for the alternative solutions we have tried so far.

A mechanical prototype has been built and is now almost ready for tests in real pool environments.

Public Summary Month 10/2012

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:54:29 GMT

Public summery

We have received confirmation that IM, KTH and Weda now are official beneficiary of the Echord consortium. We therefore decided to restart the development work. The work has been paused for more than 2 months and therefore we will extend the time schedule until the end of August. The most urgent work now is to finalize the system design. However, before that we have to define the positioning and navigation system.

Public Summary Month 6/2012

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:59:13 GMT

The last period we have worked with the system solution and have now a first draft ready. That means we have all deliverables scheduled up to now ready for release. However, due to administrative problems at the Echord team to get us and our partners incorporated into the consortium agreement, we have decide to almost stop all activities in the project and not release any deliverables until the administrative problems have been solved.

Public Summary Month 5/2012

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:27:32 GMT

This is the third public summary of the MUCE experiment.

During this period we have mainly worked to find a solution for the navigation and positioning problem. We started to do a number of different experiments in real pool environments to understand the physical opportunities and limitations. As a result of this tests and brain storming meetings we could put up a list with 9 possible technical solutions. By evaluating these ideas with respect to a number of critical criteria we were able to rank them. We have now started to verify the three top-ranked solutions that the ideas are possible to implement into real commercial solutions. To be able to perform tests we have made a first mechanical platform. We have also started to look at ways to navigate in the pool for coverage.

Public Summary Month 2/2012

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:08:59 GMT

This is the second summary of the MUCE experiment with goal to find robust, efficient and cost effective robot solutions to clean large and complex swimming pools.

During this period we continued to work with the specification documents and started on the design task. Last month we finalized the specification task and all its related documents.

With the specification task completed the focus shifted to the design task. Where we are currently working on the localization and mechanical solutions with the software and electrical solutions soon to be started.

Public Summary Month 1/2012

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:33:41 GMT

This is the first summary of the MUCE experiment and the main goal with this project is to find a robust, efficient and cost effective robot solution that manage to clean large and complex swimming pools.

The project is divided in 4 tasks, Specification, Design, Implementation and Evaluation. We have now work 2 of 3 months of the first task and created a number of specification documents that will be our base for the remaining research and development work.

After we finalized the last specification, the Product Requirement Specification, we will switch the focus of the work over to system design and to find one or several solutions for under water navigation and positioning that suite our application