392247 ISY Project: Multi-modal palm sensor for the robot hand (Pj) (SoSe 2020)

You will work on developing a palm sensor for the robot hand that senses the motion and orientation of the hand, captures the contact forces and their distribution, detects presence and thermal signature of objects in front of the hand. In an earlier project the sensor hardware was developed and tested. Your task is to extend the microcontroller firmware to read out the VL6180x Time-of-Flight pre-touch sensors, Panasonic Grid-Eye thermal camera and BNO055 IMU and transmit the gathered data over USB to a PC.
In case this would not find enough interest for a team project, this project proposal would be also offered (in reduced/modified form)
[x] as individual project
[x] as project for 2-3 students

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen, notwendige Vorkenntnisse

Knowledge and some experience of C programming language is mandatory; previous experience with microcontroller programming and real-time operating systems will be helpful.