About Firatelloid

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots.

Erich Fromm

Firatelloid (First Iranian Intelligent Humanoid Robot) is the first Iranian android which has won the best Iranian scientific award (Khwarizmi Young Award) and made the team members to be a pioneer of the robotic science in Iran. The awards are given to individuals who have made outstanding achievements in research, innovation and invention, in fields related to science and technology.

Benjamin Fonooni received his PhD in the field of Cognitive Robotics from Umeå University, Sweden. Mahni Shayganfar received his PhD in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), USA.

Benjamin Fonooni, PhD

Chief Technology Officer at AiZtech Labs
Toronto, ON

Benjamin Fonooni, PhD

Hardware and Software Designer

Mahni Shayganfar, PhD

Senior Software Engineer at Mercedes Benz Research and Development North
Sunnyvale, CA

Mahni Shayganfar, PhD

Hardware and Software Designer

Features

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

W. Clement Stone

General features of the robot are as follows:

Modular Hardware Design
Wireless serial data/command transmission (Freq. = 433.92 MHz)
Wireless Video Transmission (Freq. = 2.4 GHz)
Wireless Stereo Audio Transmission

Local Controlling Unit's parallel port hardware interface
Microcontroller based Master-Slave architecture
Philips 68-pins 80C552 PLCC Microcontroller as Master
7 ATMEL 40-pins 89C51/52/55 DIP Microcontrollers as Salves
Character LCD
Graphical LCD

We become what we think about.

Earl Nightingale

Different sensors have been integrated into the robot for better understanding the world. The idea was to implement obstacle avoidance, object tracking and grasping functionalities. The integrated sensors are as follows:

Ultrasonic
Microwave
Light
Force Sensing Resistors (FSR)
Infra Red

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

Stephen Covey

Two kinds of motors are used to move actuators of the robot. Based on the desired precision, following types of motors are integrated:

Stepper Motors
DC Motors

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Buddha

Given the wide range of actuators and electronics which go into the robot, choosing the right battery may not be an easy task. Firatelloid was capable of exhibiting many behaviors, which require simultaneous actuator movements. In order to operate longer in the environment, two types of batteries are used:

Sealed Acid
Li-ion

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

Albert Einstein

Firatelloid software is divided into PC and Microcontroller sections:

Developed with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Incorporating basic Image Processing
Designing local controller software to send/receive commands
Integrating speech recognition capability
Designing multi language user interface
Incorporating video and audio capturing

Incorporating external interrupts
Serial port Communication
Parallel port communication
Incorporating timers
Incorporating PPTs, PITs and ADC operations
Incorporating external memories
Incorporating digital serial transmitters
Handling Master-Slave operations

Gallery

Below you can find images of Firatelloid from different angles.

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