BATTLEBOTS LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN DOCUMENT (DIVISION 1)

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A.B.B.Y

Annihilate

CptCommies

Deathbots3

Destroyers

Foreigners

LAB

Legendary

Neko

Okay

P6 BB JN

Pepe

Red Hammer

Rektor

SKulkers

Spartan

Terminate

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C3P0_127 BattleBots LW or HW Design Document

Research: In the first section, students will answer a research question related to their project. They will be scored on how

well they research the topic, provide specific examples and cite their sources. (3 or more reliable sources).

Students should also describe how their research relates to their own project. Each of the events will have its own

research topic for students to investigate.

Research Topics:

Battle Bots: Robotics in the Military

RobotC: No Research Topic – Write Pseudocode

Robo Rally: Robotic Space Exploration

Line Follower: :

Robotics in Emergency Services

Specifications: Robot Dimensions:

Length: 10”

Width: 9”

Height: 10”

Pictures of Robot:

Main Components:

2 motors (B and C) to drive

1 motor (A) to turn ultrasonic sensor

1 ultrasonic sensor

1 light sensor

2 medium tires with rough tread

1 small grey wheel on back

Programming: Our program uses two light sensors to “look” for the line. If they see white (brighter than 50%) they tell their motor (A or B) to drive forward at 90% power. When the light sensors sees black (darker than 50%), they tell their motor to stop which makes the robot pivot and turn to stay on the line. Both motors run on a loop until the touch sensor is pushed when the robot bumps into the brick. At that point, the robot backs up 2 rotations at 90% power to position itself to fire the missile. We added a wait block for 1 second to make sure the robot is in position, and then motor A does 0.5 rotations to fire the missile at the target.

Testing: Students will explain the testing of their robot and what modifications they made to improve its speed, accuracy,

or attack (BattleBots). This should include physical changes to the robot such as changing the wheels,

modifications to the missile/attack arm or even redesigning the robot. It should also include specific changes to

the programming. Students should include a data table showing the results of different trials.

Trial Time Adjustments 1 17.2 s First successful completion of the course.

2 15.7 s Increased the distance between the sensors to 14cm. 3 14.2 s Decreased the distance between the sensors to 12cm.

4 12.4 s Increased the power on the motors to 80%

5 10.2 s Increased the power on the motors to 90%

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Billy Yang

Angel Blanco

Team A.B.B.Y

Robots have been used in everyday life and has been useful in certain

situations. So useful, in fact, that even the military has turned to the power of

technology as well. Within this document, you will read about how the military uses

robots for purposes beneficial to everyone.

One of the robots that exists is Sophia whom has a type of artificial

intelligence. One thing she has learned was to show human emotions that in her are

just programmed emotions that aren’t real. It is expected for more caregivers to

exist. The same goes for more patient teachers for students with autism. This is also

greatly used in the United States to prevent crimes. One goal was said to try and

make the machines care about us. This was all stated in the article, "Sophia, the

robot, says artificial intelligence is 'good for the world'," by Agence France-Presse.

Besides Sophia, the military is attempting to replace the second person of a

two-person flight crew with a robot that would be able to benefit the main pilot. The

robot would, according to the article, "never tire, get bored, feel stressed out or

become distracted." The article also states that "both the military and airlines are

struggling with not enough trained pilots." This would imply that robots are the

solution for the lack of trained pilots available for flight. By having a robot that

would take the position of a co-pilot, the robots could "...assist the human pilot by

taking over a lot of the workload." and "...frees the human pilot to think..." The

article explains that the co-pilot robot "...reacts faster..." And can "recognize

whether switches are in the on or off position..." Overall, this would mean that the

robot would be able to take the position of the co-pilot of a flight, and still perform

like a human co-pilot, but much better. Source: "Is that pilot in the cockpit human

or a robot, and does it matter?"

Another robot is being taught how the rules of war are. First, they would

have a virtual battle which firing would not be possible. It would learn how to

identify enemy vehicles. Caution would be forced on the drone. It was wished that it

would be used for future battlefields but was not granted. These robots don't get

angry or seek revenge since they don't have feelings, meaning they don't have

sympathy or empathy. This information was used from the article, "Plan to teach

military robots the rules of war."

All in all, all the research that was read and the examples of robots used in

military given, helps connect towards the robotic creations that are being made.

Along with getting a better understanding about the connection of robots to the

military. Robots should be used to further advance the understanding of the

Team: A.B.B.Y

potential of robots and the major roles that they are able to play in important tasks

that are needed to be completed. Everyone can benefit from using robots, making

sure that the world is able to become a safer environment for everyone on it.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Length: 11 ¼"

Width: 6"

Height: 7"

Weight: 772g

Team:Annihilate

Battle bots: Robots in the military

Robot Example 1: Despite widespread

press about armed drones hunting down

terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan

and Pakistan and the increasing use of

ground robots to fight roadside bombs, the

truth is that most military robots are still

dumb. In fact, almost all unmanned

systems involve humans in almost every

aspect of their operations—it’s just that

instead of sitting in a cockpit or behind

the wheel of a vehicle, humans are

operating the systems from a joystick or

computer often at a remote base far from

the action.

Source 1: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120928-

battle-bots-think-for-themselves

Robot Exanple 2: Military robotics isn’t

about creating an army of humanoids but

utilization of robotics technology for

fighting terror and defending the nation.

Thus, military robots need not be

humanoids or they not necessarily need to

carry weapons, they are just those robots

that can help the armed forces. The

opportunities offered by these

technologies are boundless. Apart from

army research centers there are many

private firms also which provide military

robots for defense forces like Foster

Miller,21st Century Robotics, EOD

Performance, Northrop Grumman, General

Atomics etc. They have created many job

opportunities and are developing this

sector. It is expected that its market will

extend up to $9.8 billion by 2016.

Source:2

https://www.engineersgarage.com/articles/military-

robotics

Robot Example 3: Today, many military

organizations take the helps of military

robots to take risky jobs. These robots

used in military are usually employed with

the integrated system, including video

screens, sensors, gripper and cameras.

The military robots also have different

shapes according to the purposes of each

robot. In other words, these robots have

helped military organizations in many

ways. Go ahead and check out our articles

to find out more about military robots and

how these robots are being used by

military organizations.

Source: 3

http://armyofrobots.com/http://armyofrobots.com/

Specs: length: 12 inches

Width: 9 inches

Height: 12 inches

Components: 3 Motor, Attack arm, Brain, Wires, 2

wheels, pivot ball

Programming: We control our robots with an app called

NXT remote. We control our arm with o and l. W A S and

D to go forward it is W to turn right its D to turn left it’s A

to go backwards its S. Here is a screenshot of the nxt

remote app.

Testing: We first made our robot and then we fought

against someone, but we had lost so we had to make an

improvement on our robot. The first improvement we

had made is we changed the whole look of the robot and

all the thing we had thought we needed to improve on.

When we knew that our robot was ready we finally won

our first battle. But we still needed to make an

improvement on our arm, so we did and became way

bigger than just like a 3-inch arm. We had fought way

better people with more experience than us and their

robot were way better and had more protection and

fought smarter than we did.

Data Table:

Battle Result Adjustments

1. Loss improvements on everything

2. Win Improvements on our arm

3. Loss Made robot stable on are attack arm

4. loss More improvements on stabling robot

5. win Made arm longer

Mitch Gonzales 3/2/2018

Block 4

Military Robots

Robots can be used in many useful ways in the military. They can deal with explosives

and help detect enemy troops. Two examples of these robots are the Daksh and the PacBot.

First, the Daksh is a robot used to help locate and defuse bombs without risking human

lives. The Daksh is all terrain and can even climb up stairs. It also has an x-ray machine which

helps it locate bombs.

Also, the PacBot is the most used and famous robot used in the military throughout

Afghanistan. The robot has a camera that can detect hazardous chemicals in the air and enemy

ground troops. The PacBot is also, all terrain and can go up stairs.

As you can see robots are very helpful in war. They can do jobs too risky for humans and

even more.

Team: Cptcommies

Mitch Gonzales 3/2/2018

Block 4

Source: https://www.razorrobotics.com/military-robots/ http://www.army-

technology.com/projects/remotely-operated-vehicle-rov-daksh/

My robot's height is 10 inches, 5 inches wide, and 6 inches long. This robot is a lot

smaller than the military's robots, but it still shares a lot in common. They were both

programmed by computers and were meant to be used in fighting purposes. My robot is meant

to pop other robot's balloons, and the military's robots are meant to find bombs and threats.

To test our robot, we used another group's robot. They started sparring and practicing.

We fine-tuned our robot so that it spins faster, reverses better, and accelerates fast. We at first

used a computer program system to program our robot, but we later realized that a controller

was better. It's portable and can let us do exactly what we want with our robot.

Test # Speed Deadliness Spinning

1 slow Terrible slow

2 slow Decent moderate

3 moderate Good Quick

Team: Deathbots3

Robot Design Document: Andy And Peter

Research:

Our robot is small so we can use speed to our advantage and take out the robot with its scorpion

tail attack. Some robots used in the military are the Predator Drone. It is a drone that flies in the

sky to find people on the ground. The source that was used was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot. The second robot that was used was called

Platform-M. This robot is a multifunctional robot that can be used for combat support and to

patrol. The source that was used is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot. The last robot

that can be seen used in the military is called the MULE. This robot has many ability's that can

have an advantage on. Some would be its anti-tank and anti-personal and reconnaissance,

surveillance, and target acquisition. This robot can be remotely controlled my soldiers would

feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target

acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The source for this

robot can be seen in this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM1219_Armed_Robotic_Vehicle.

This research can relate to our robot because it is complex like in the military and can be used for

attack robots like the ones shown.

Research Topic: Robotics in the military

Specification:

Length: 11''

Height: 6 and a half

Width: 7''

Pictures of Robot:

Main Components:

2 Motors (B and C) To Drive

1 Motor (A) to attack

2 Big tires

1 wheel for turning on back

2 Thumbtacks for attack

Programming:

Peters Part. The robot is handled by an app called mind storm remote. We will use an Xbox

controller to move it through the battle field so we don’t have any programing for it.

Testing:

What we had to did was increase the motors so our robot can have more speed than the other

robots. We also sped up the attack motor so we can hit as fast as we can hit as fast as we can so

the robot doesn’t get away. We also changed the wheels since our lasts wheels held back the

capability for our robot to go faster and not slower. We also put a back wheel so the turning is

cleaner. We also had to change our whole design since it didn’t allow the robot to move or turn

since the motors werent strong enough

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Time Adjustments

1 00.0s Having to change program couldn’t move

2 34.3s Goes slow needs to increase speed 80%

3 15.6s Changed tires which increased speed

4 11.4s Added wheel on back for better turning

5 11.4s Increased power to 80% Motor A

Team: Destroyers

Battle Bots LW

Research:

One robot in the army is Ros. According to https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/sei_blog/2017/06/army-robotics-in-the-

military.html, Ros can promote code sharing and reuse. Another thing is that he can help the army fight. Another robot

is ACER. According to https://www.acronymfinder.com/Military-and-Government/ACER.html, Acer is a armored

combat engineer robot.

It can clear obstacles. Another thing it can do is remove explosives. The last thing it can do is hauling cargo. Another

robot is Atlas. According to https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/atlas.htm, ATlas is a All terrain lifter Army system.

Atlas can carry up to 10,000IB.

Specifications:

Robot Dimensions:

Length: 9 1/2

Width:7 1/2

Height: 4 1/2

2 motors (B and C) to drive

1 motor for a drill claw weapon

2 medium tires with rough tread

1 small grey wheel on back

Programming We use a xbox controller to control our robot. We use mindstorm remote on the app store. We have to open the xbox controller part of it. We then use the joysticks to move and the left and right bumpers to attack with our weapons.

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Testing

We tested the bot by battling other bots. Every time we lost we would change up the setup of the robot.

Our weapons were a scorpion tail and a drill. We would often test our robot by fighting others in the

class. We lost because we tried to pop the other teams balloon but we couldn’t so we changed our

weapon.

Trial Time Adjustments 1 17.2 s Changed the weapon direction. 2 15.7 s Added rubber bands on wheels

3 14.2 s Decreased the distance between the sensors to 13cm

4 5

Battlebots Design Document

Over years, robotic devices are now starting to take over the jobs of humans and do things that humans can't or

don't want to do. One of the things that robots are used for now is to help our country fight in the military. One of the

robots we found like our robot was the MAARS or the Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System. On this robot there are

many useful things to help in battle. A couple are a M240 machine gun, a Grenade Launcher, and a Green Laser Device

to warn the enemy and kind of almost blind the human for a couple seconds. This amazing robot helps the military fight in

battle and can help our battle strategies improve in the future.

While we were coming up with ideas for our battle bot, we thought to ourselves, “ Are there any real- world robots

that are used for battle purposes, but have our dimensions?”. We found that the military robot called the MAARS or

(Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System) was a good example of a idea for Battlebots. We found that this robot that

this robot is surprisingly small. The dimensions of this robot were 37” length x 25” with x 36” height. This made us realize

that our robot could be very strong , but small. Our robot is 11 inches wide, 11.75 inches long, and 8.50 inches tall. Sadly,

we could not add a machine gun, so we looked for other ways to pop a balloon. Our robot was pretty slow, so there wasn’t

a big chance that we could pop someone else’s balloon. We decided the easiest way to win was to push other robots out

of the ring. We wanted a way to do this, but not exceed light-weight standards. We started to look for other ways to make

our robot strong enough to push robots bigger than us out of the ring. What we found while testing was that our robot, was

that our robot could be flipped. We needed a way so this would not happen, so we built a wall. This wall was for leverage

so if it is pushed from the back it wont flip forward and if it is pushed from the front it isn't going to flip over backward. This

also pushed opponents into the ground, putting gravity on our side.

Speed was not a big problem for our robot was super fast with a blistering speed of 2.36 mph. Believe it or not it

isn’t actually very fast, however the MAARS only moves 7 mph according to a QinetiQ PDF that they made on the

MAARS robot. We also looked at this robot more carefully and saw tank treads on the MAARS. This helped the MAARS,

and we have used tank treads before, but to make this one even stronger, we multiplied the power by two by putting …

DOUBLE TANK TREADS!!!

In conclusion, our robot was based off of the MAARS and hope our robot will do as good of a job and hopefully do

as well as MAARS does its job. After all of the research and testing we have done on our robot we believe it is ready for

battle and it will be capable of beating the competition.

Citations:

https://www.qinetiq-na.com/products/unmanned-systems/maars/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_Advanced_Armed_Robotic_System

https://www.qinetiq-na.com/wp-content/uploads/brochure_maars.pdf

Specifications

Dimensions and Weight

- 8.50 inches tall- 11.75 inches long- 11 inches wide- 953.5 grams

Team: Foreigners

Main Components

- NXT brick

- Popping arm/ balloon raiser

- three motors, two for driving and one to control arm

- Leverage wall

- Eight small wheel rims, 4 tank treads

- Two tacks on the sides of the robot

The top view of our robot. A side view of our robot.

This is a front view of our robot.

Pictures of program

This part of our program

controls all of our motors and

allows us to make the robot

move forwards, backwards,

turn, and use the claw/balloon

raiser.

These are the second halves of our program. This loops our program making us able to drive and use

the claw whenever we want.

Trials

Trials Problems Solutions

Trial 1 Claw could not reach

balloon, nor raise balloon

high enough

Longer arm and thumb tack added to claw

Trial 2 We kept getting flipped and

we could not push robots.

Add a wall

Trial 3 Other people were adding

weights

Ability to carry weights if needed

Trial 4 Our wall kept snapping Wall reinforcement

Trial 5 The bottom of our robot

kept splitting.

Reinforce space between treads

BattleBots Design Document

Team L.A.B.

Research Topic:

Battle Bots: Robots in the military

Robots are important in the military for several reasons. Some reason

robot is important in the military is because they can be used to fight in wars

without getting noticed. They use this method because it is safer than a solider

standing in the battlefield where they can shoot them. An example of a robot

used in the military is a drone called UAV. This robot is used to kill in wars. This

robot was used in World war II. During war they used the robot for both defense

and offense.

UAV Drone

In the military they use robots to destroy vehicles if the vehicles are lethal.

An example of a lethal vehicle is a tank spotted in war. Soldiers destroy vehicles

with high explosives implanted in the robot. An example of this robot is a robot

called Goliath. This robot was used in World War II by Germans to destroy

enemy tanks. The robot had 220 pounds of high explosive to destroy enemy

tanks. This allows the Germans to have more power over than the enemy. The

Germans used this also to destroy other things such as bui7ldings and bridges.

Goliath Explosive Robot

Militaries can use robots to rescue wounded soldiers on the battlefield and

get them to safety. An example of a robot the military used to carry wounded

Team: L.A.B.

Soldiers to safety is a robot named B.E.A.R. This robot was made in 2009 and has

a joystick for the wounded soldier to control it went they are on it. This robot

can save lives without using additional lives. The wounded soldier can also fight

while on the robot. B.E.A.R has a controller that is connected to a m-4 rifle that

lets the rider shoot enemies while getting to safety.

B.E.A.R Rescue Robot

Sources:

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAVs_in_the_U.S._military

2.http://www.robots-and-androids.com/military-robots.html

3.https://www.army.mil/article/48456/robots_to_rescue_wounded_on_battlefield

Specifications: Main Components:

Height: 8.5 - NXT Brain

Length: 11.8 - Motor A and B to drive

Width: 10.1 - Motor C for Attack Arm

Weight: 896.5 - Two big wheels

- A steel pivot ball

Programming:

(The robot is connected by Bluetooth and is used by a laptop with a app called NXT Remote. This app

allows the laptop to connect to the robots and control it. The photo below shows what the controls we

use to control our robot.)

Speed: 100

Spin Speed: 100

Turn Ratio: 100

Motor C Speed: 100

Testing:

When our team started our battle bot robot it had a totally different design than

the design we have right now. Our robot had a larger body that had a small battle

arm. After our first battle we learn that we needed a longer arm to make our

robot more effective in battle to pop the balloon. We tested the new design and

got a good result, but we noticed that the robot was too big of a target, so we

decided to make the body smaller to make it faster. We then made the arm

longer to reach over the opponent's robot and pop the balloon. We tested the

arm and it was good. In battle we noticed the robot wasn't stable, so we

connected the pieces more to make the body more stable for battle. After this

improvement we finished our robot.

Data Table:

Battle# Results Modifications

1 Loss Made arm longer

2 Win Made arm legal in height

3 Win Add support to body

4 Lose Made new body

5 Lose Made body more stable

LIGHT WIEGHT LEGENDARY BATTLE BOT

Team Legendary

Battle bots are very cool but is very dangerous. Also, battle bots are so strong that they are very

protective and that they are very strong to actually keep others away from this country. Battle

bots can go to battle grounds and help the rescuers and protect from getting injured. Battle

bots are extremely good that when they see or hear or feel something, they can actually send a

message to the military that they are still not clear.

source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_robot

This robot has a gun that can fire. Also, this robot has protection around it. Also, it has a remote

to it to control it.

Military robots are so more worthy of fighting than what humans are. Also, people say that

there's going to be more robots fighting than what the humans are. Also, the military robots are

the most main thing that we need for our country, just so that our country can stay protective,

free, and safe. military robots will indeed more and more battles than what the others will do.

Military robots such as a gun robot, shield robot, or a safety robot are basically made so that

the people don't have to go out there and die for the country. One more thing, military robots

are the number thing that is made for our country.

Team: Legendary

This robot is a flexible missile robot. Also, this robot has a camera up on it so that the people that are

controlling it can watch what's out there.

People that are in this country may think that the robots are dangerous and that they cause a lot of

harm but the robots are the one's that help our society and country be safe. Military robots are

extremely dangerous but, they are safe for the society. Military robots such as drones, they can go any

where they want to go to look around to see what's going on in the area. Robots can actually go and

look around our country or other countries to see if were going to have a problem or not. Also, here in

the United States, there is going to be more, and more robots in the United States in 2025 instead of

actual human beings. Also, the military robots are installed by the governments that are in the United

States.

Side view Top view

Front view Back view

Data Table

Battles Results Improvements

1 loss I had a weaker body that was made to it.

2 won My body was an upgrade to move robots.

3 won My robots arm is to lift the players robot up.

4 won My robot wheels turned into tank wheels for better pressure.

5 won My whole robot was upgraded to where it cannot be destroyed.

Programming and Control

The way I control my robot is that I use my laptop, and I use the bluetooth to

control my robot. Also, the app that's down here is what I use. This app has a

comport number to your robot for it to hook up to the computer, also it has

motor's 1-3. One of the motors is for the attack arm, and the other 2 motors is for

the driving.

Team: Neko

Introduction Sentence (What is your summary about?):

Robots are being used every day and they are improving in artificial intelligence,

appearance, and becoming more human- like.

List 3 different examples of Robots used in Military:

1)The robot can be used to map their enemies and their location but not shoot, or

it would defy international law. "...modelled on a situation encountered by US

forces in Afganistan in 2006, the drone identifies a group of Taliban soldiers inside

a defined "kill zone." But the drone doesn't fire. Its maps indicate that the group is

inside a cemetery, so opening fire would breach international law." Source: Plan

to teach military robots the rules of war (Tom Simonite)

2) The robots may have it in programming, but humans have it in experience.

"The plane's overloaded flight management system responded with a series of

emergency messages for which there was no time to respond. By chance, there

were five experienced pilots on board, including three captians. By working

together, they were able to land the plane. It was a close call." Source: Is that

pilot in the cockpit human or a robot, and does it matter? (Associated Press,

adapted by Newsela staff on 10.20.16)

3) "This is a group that works to defend human rights in 150 countries. At the

conference, he called for fairly fair plans and procedures, so that the technology is

used only for good." Source: Sophia, the robot, says artificial intelligence is

"good for the world" (Agence France-Presse, adapted by Newsela staff on

06.13.17)

How does this research relate to your project?

Because our project is battle bots, as in its name, "battle" can also be used as

another term for war. Learning that robots can be used for fighting, the battle

bots can fight against each other. In the real world, robots can be and will most

likely be used for war because society wouldn't want lives to be lost. Battle bots is

the basic thought compared to a more complex topic of two or more countries

going to war. Because the battle bots itself have only two "players" with two

robots that fight, battle bots are a simpler subject than two or more countries

with millions of people going to war and using robots to defend themselves

instead of people.

Specifications: Heavy weight: 1000g. Height: 5" Length: 11.5" Width: 6"

Light weight: 659g. Height: 5" Length: 12" Width: 5.75"

Team: Okay

Robot paragraph

Jesus Belmonte-Zane Cerda

Robots are now being designed for the military. Robots are being designed to do Jobs that are to

difficult for humans or have to much at risk. Some robot use in the military include of using them as

weapons. AI robot use in the military has been in the thought process for some time now but we still

don’t know if we want to use them since we can’t fully control them. Agence France-Presse stated in the

article “Sophia, the robot, says artificial intelligence is good for the world” “military use in AI in weapons

and so called “killer robots”(France-Presse,2). We are capable of building an AI for the military but we

still are unsure if we want to use it for military uses just yet. Another use of military for robots include

of replacing the 2nd pilot with a robot. This would be a very good idea and I support this because in war

the pilot can always get shot then the robot can take over and since its made of metal it would be

harder to destroy in the air.”replace the second human pilot in two-person flight crews with a robot” (Is

that pilot in the cockpit human or a robot, and does it matter,1).

Another great use of robots in the military is mapping where there is trouble for example if there is a

shooting or a in a war scenario there are groups of “ bad guys” they can map it and send to the military

base so they can analyze it and have caution with it. “But the drone doesn’t fire. Its maps indicate that

group”(plan to teach military robots the rules of war,1). Military uses for robots relate to our project

because we are designing our bots to destroy another balloon while military uses would be to kill.

Specifications

Heavy Weight Light weight

5 1/2in Width 8 3/4in Width

7 1/2in Height 6 3/4in Height

9 1/2 Length 11 1/2in Length

1000 Grams 731 Grams

Robotics Design Document: Research: 3 Military RobotsDogo: A cool fact about this robot has a 99 millimeter pistol. It can take out one kidnappers

normally. The big difference about Doge is that is armed with a 9mm Glock pistol. The robot weighs 26 pounds and can to climb stairs. Dogo can fire five rounds in two seconds. It can accept a magazine with up to fourteen rounds, and the operator display shows how many shots are

Pdtoo black hornet: Miniature helicopter and the machine contains that can stream live

video. It transmits clear and concise images back to british forces. There are numerous barriers, like sills, that would block a wheeled robot. "The long-term goal is to keep sailors from the danger of direct exposure to fire.”The Black Hornet’s small size and electric motors makes it virtually inaudible and invisible beyond short distances.

Saffir: To extinguishes fires out on naval ship. Saffir keep sailor source of danger. The longterm goal is to keep sailors from the danger of direct exposure to fire. The humans design the robot a shape like a human so the saffir robot can save the people from a fire. Saffir could be used for a number of shipboard duties that are difficult or onerous for humans to perform.

The researched we found that relate at the robot we have is it could attack, they both have a shield ,and they have arms.

Sources: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/coolest-military-robots/

https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/12/tech/mci-saffir-robot/index.html

http://www.proxdynamics.com/products/pd-100-black-hornet-prs

Team: P6 BB JN

Specifications: Robot Dimensions: Length: 15” Width: 8” Height: 14” Arm length: 15” Pictures of Robot:

Main Components: 2 motors (B and C) to drive 1 motor (A) to attack 6 large tires with rough tread 2 small grey wheel on back

Programming: Explain how you make your robot drive First you go to nxt-remote then you press connect but if it does not connect on 4comport go to 3comport and connect, then you press W to make the vehicle go forward , then press S to make the vehicle go backward, A is to spin to the left and D is to spin to the right, O is to attack ,and L is to swing back.

Testing: What have you done to improve your robot First,we a longer arm so we can reach over and pop their ballon.second,we also need bigger wheels to make us go faster and to cover more ground.we want a bigger nxt-brain and also need more modors.we also need to fix our shield and make it more sturdy.

Trial Win/Loss Adjustments

1 w/l My team needs a longer arm

2 w We also need to make it go more faster

3 w We need bigger wheels

4 l We also need a bigger nxt-brain

5 l We need to fix the shield

Robotics Design Document: Research: 3 Military Robots

MARRS is a follow up from another robot called SWORDS. The robot comes equipped with a machine gun and some non lethal lasers to blind people the robot also comes with grenade launcher and tear gas. The robot was made for servalence and increase security in some locations.

DOGO is a robot that is supposed to go in to a building and take out a criminal or person that is armed in a building or place. This is so the military don’t go into a place where they can get injured or die. The robot has a glock 26 so it can take out the

criminal or person in a hostage situation. It also has a camera that can tell them where they are going and so see the criminal or armed person.

PD-100 Black Hornet is a robot used for surveillance when they need a birds eye view on a situation or to search some places where the military can not reach can not reach. It has small electric motors that are silenced so when it flies near someone it will not be

noticed. It also made so it will blend in with walls. This robot does not store data what it does is it sends it to the user so if a person or enemy does get ahold of it the robot will not have any information.

Sources: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/coolest-military-robots/ https://exploredia.com/top-10-military-robots-that-already-exist/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_Advanced_Armed_Robotic_System

Team: Pepe

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a20924/dogo-glock/ http://www.proxdynamics.com/products/pd-100-black-hornet-prs

Specifications: Robot Dimensions: Length: 12” Width: 11” Height: 10” Pictures of Robot

Main Components: 2 motors (B and C) to drive 1 motor (A) to give the bot speed and strength 3 large tires with rough tread

Programming: Explain how you make your robot drive How we program our robot is by downloading app called nxt-remote. This application helps us control the robot from the computer using the app. The app has things that help the robot move faster or turn quicker. All this helps the robot move quicker and helps it turn faster. Some buttons we use to control the robot are W for forward A is to move the robot to the left S so the robot can move backwards D is for the robot to move to the right.Then we use O to use the 3rd motor to give us a boost and L to brake or go backwards faster.

Testing: What have you done to improve your robot The improvements we did to the robot is that we put a longer attack arm so we can get over the other bots. Then we thought we need a whip at the end of the attack arm so we can pop the enemy balloon.Then we scrapped the design and made it a pusher bot.Then is was too heavy so we started to take out piece of legos so it would weight under 1000 grams. The last thing we did was get better at using this new design.

Trial Win/Loss Adjustments

1 win We made the arm a little longer

2 win We and a wipe to the end of the attack arm

3 loss We we remodeled the robot so it pushes instead of attack

4 loss We had stabilized the 3rd motor so it won’t be lose

5 loss We started to remove weight

Battlebots Design Document

Research: Robots have gained lots of attention these past couple of years. Most of these robots are

used for entertainment purposes. Which include people creating robots to talk to. However the more

important use of robots is the military use of robots. Most of these robots are controlled by a person in a

control center. You rarely ever see robots that aren’t controlled or have a program to do something. There

are artillery robots and drones. These robots are similar but, have many differences. Drones were first

used for aerial intelligence. However they are know used as very powerful weapons. Artillery robots are

mainly used for advantages. Usually they are small so other people can’t see them. They also usually have

powerful weapons on them. The other way they are used is to protect military bases.

The reason military use robots is for multiple reasons. One of the reasons we use robots is

because they do our jobs better than us. One of the jobs that represents this is the military’s use of

defensive robots.These types of robots are usually self controlled , however some of them autonomous

robots. Autonomous perform jobs in a high degree of anatomy. This means the robot is a a high

intelligence. This robot can take care of itself. For example, Sony’s Aibo knows when it’s batteries are

low so it knows when it needs to charge. These types of robots can also sense the environment. These are

touch, smell, and surroundings. Another example of autonomous robots is robots that vacuum and cut

grass. These robots sense their surroundings and now where to go. Now amazon is creating robots that are

intelligent enough to deliver objects to their customers. All of this is used is search and rescue military

robots. These robot are design to find a troop and contact for help. As we create these types of robots we

learn more and more.

All of the military’s robots are made to have lots of advantages. These materials help the robot

gain and improve their senses. A Platforma M is a military robot used by the Russian army used to defend

secret base. This robot is made out of very thick metal and has incredibly strong wheels. These wheels

Team: Red Hammer

allow this robot to go up steep hills, and all terrain areas. Another example would be the Foster-Miller

TALON. This robot is less than 100 pounds. It’s made out of lightweight metal which makes it able to fly

at incredible speeds. The Foster-Miller Talon Swords are Robots that have special weapons on them.

These robots usually have bullet proof arm to protect themselves. It is crazy how amazing these robots

are.

After all that I’ve learn I am still hoping for the same thing. I hope that humans find a balance

between artificial intelligence and our intelligence. I hope that robots will increase in other job fields that

will overall help the human race. Overall I am thankful to have this experience to be with robots everyday

in our lives.

Specifications:

Weight: 832 grams

Length: 12 inches

Height: 7.5 inches

Width: 10 inches

Front View Top View Side view Rear View

Main Components:

● NXT

● Two Tracks

● Wheels are tighter

● Two Tacks on each side of the popping arm

● Defensive structure in front of the robot

● Long popping arm for robots that have a further reach for the ballon

● Tread caps from keeping the tracks from popping off

Programming:

The picture above is how the robot moves with a controller. The sensor is

connected to port 1 and the the button R2 makes the popping arm go forward.

If you make the controller go forward with both sticks motor B and C will

move forward.

This is the last part of the program. In the beginning of this program If R2 is

pushed A will go forward 180 degrees and then immediately go backward 180

degrees. That is the reason it isn’t on another tab. This prevents the claw

from getting stuck on another persons claw.

Trials:

Trials Adjustments

Trial One Our original robot which was built upon unsteady tracks and no ram to protect ourselves. We didn’t have anything to push anybody’s robot back or keep ourselves in place.

Trial Two We have added track caps to keep the tracks from falling off.

Trial Three We added support pieces to help keep the robot straight and for a better turn.

Trial Four We added a ram to make our robot a little more weight and for a front defence.

Battlebots Design Document The twenty first century has been called the age of technology ,and with that defence

companies have taken advantage of that opportunity with robots like the MAARS (Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System). We Took inspiration from this robot in the way that it can turn in a 360° without making a wide turn. This robots main purpose is to be able infiltrate places to dangerous for a human to go. It also has turret that can turn 360° for lethal and non-lethal rounds. Another defence robot is the SAFFIR. This robot is a humanoid looking robot that can walk around on two legs and can perform simple task like picking up an apple or turn to avoid a wall.

There are also different types of non-lethal robots that can help out on the field like Big Dog which is more like a pack mule for carrying things. It has multiple places to attach bags to hold essential items for soldiers. It has four legs and it can run four miles per hour while it weighs 240 pounds and can carry up to 340 pounds. Big Dog also has over 50 navigation sensors in varis different areas.

While designing our own robot wanted it to be extremely stable so we added the front wall added and a basket to hold 234 grams of weights. Even though adding these weights made it front heavy the front wall is low enough so that if it does get lifted from the back that it will not be able to flip over, and the wheels will not lift off the ground if another robot tries to lift it. When looking back on past battlebots competitions I noticed that there were many robots that just pushed out robots and flipped them over instead of popping the balloons. So to compensate for any robot like that widened our base to lessen the likelihood of that happening.

Also Near the beginning of the class competition of battlebots the popping arm really didn't come into play very often and that was a problem so we wanted it to be able to reach further while still meeting the height specification. So we looked around the class and found that some people where adding hooks to the tip of the arm and it increased the reach and it was still in the

specifications Specifications:

Weight: 995.5 with dongle, in total 957.6 without dongle

Dimension: length 10.5 inches Width 9.7 inches Height 11.5 inches

Team: Rektor

Main components:

● Ev3 ● Popping arm ● 3 motors (one to power popping arm) ● 2 Ev3 wheels ● 1 ball swivel ● 1 100 g weight,134 grams of pennies, in front of robot to make it heavy to push from in

front ● Front wall ● Two tacks one in middle of claw and lower left of the wall

Pictures of the robot:

Programming: We used a playstation remote to control our robot through a bluetooth program Pictures of program-

The Picture above is the beginning of the program, as you can see there is a control function there. There are little lines coming out of the little controllers.Which represents if a certain button on the controller is pushed,the action that is connected to the little line coming of the little controller is done.

The picture above is same as below except that the top has the check mark tab open instead of the x unlike the bottom.

The top picture has the first tab open and the bottom picture has the second tab open

Trials

Trials Adjustments

Trial One Design with popping arm,front wall,basket in front for weight

Trial Two Added bigger wheels since front wall dragged, Added hook in back to extend ballon outwards incase someone wanted to pop it with their claw from in front

Trial Three Took off front front and added more things to make it super stable, added longer arm to pop balloons

Trial Four Added cross in front for luck, then added as much weight we could to be heavy but not heavy enough for heavy weight

Robots and Emergency Services

Research:

After a nuclear power plant has been struck by a potent earthquake and a tsunami, it’s time for the

emergency response team to act. since there was too much radiation humans cannot go and check on the

reactor or they will get radiation poisoning. So, they need Robots to go in there. According to https://www.eu-

robotics.net/robotics_league/news/press/award-winners-of-erl-emergency-robots-2017.html

Robot Dimensions:

Length: 12 ½ in

Width:4 ½ in

Width: Height: Height: 10 in

Pictures of Robot:

Main Components: 2 motors (B and C) to drive

1 motor (A) to move claw

2 medium tires

1 small grey ball on back

Team: Skulkers

Programming: We use an Xbox controller to control our robot to move, and to use our claw. Then we also use an app called robo cam that lets u use a phone to look at the camera to move in the maze.

Testing:

We have started to test our robot.

Trial Time Adjustments 1

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Kevan Vongpajun

Luis Martin del Campo

The Monolith

Robots have been used and programed for years and soon they might be the solution to all our

problems in the future. According to an article, robots are replacing pilots in planes. The reason

for this is to lesson the workload placed for all pilots. The robot in the co-pilot seat allows the

main pilot to freely think. This could be helpful in dangerously critical situations. The program

for the robots allow them to read the gauges and recognize if the flips and switches are on or

off.

Other robots with human like AI like a robot named Sophie are built to be emotionally smart

and care about other people. The AI could one day be used for health care and create huge

changes education. The AI technology used in the United States for "predictive policing" to stop

dangerous crimes from happening. Hanson, an AI programmer says ,"Someday the robots

might chose to not work for us. The solution is to get the machines to care for us."

Other ways of using the robots is on the battlefield. In the military there is a drone used to

identify an enemy vehicle. In times of danger the drone will be forced to act more cautiously in

future battles. In definition robots in combat do not feel anger and do not seek revenge. But

they do not contain sympathy or empathy either.

SPECIFACATIONS HEAVY 10 INCHES Wide

10 inches Long

7 INCHES Tall

SPECIFACATIONS Light

10 Inches Wide

10 inches long

5 inches Tall

Team: Spartan

Battle Bot Design Document 

Research:

Robotics in the military are used to assist the race of humans that consists in actions that are done by the robot. Robots in the military have developed many uses in the military and improved over the many years that they have been introduced to humans in the military. An example of a military robot is “ACER”. This robot is used to remove explosives or, for heavy-duty, big objects such as tanks as well, and plow / remove difficult obstacles. The robots is able to do this because it is built with a mechanical arm, a huge cutter, and can serve as a weapons platform. This robot is one of the many useful machines that are used military.   

Another kind of robot that is used is “TALON”. This lightweight robot helps warfighters and first responders in war. The robot is made for use of sensing any explosive threats which uses sensors that detect gas, chemicals, radiation and temperature (hazmat). In an article about the robot’s features, it states,”GPS compass, two isolated firing circuits, RE12-12 disrupter mount, portable X-ray mount, recoilless PAN disrupter mount, shotgun mount, wire cutting tool, heavy-duty tracks and sprockets, and reusable shipping / storage containers.”   

Some military robots are programmed to take the offense in battle while others are used for defense. A robot named “Samsung SGR-A1” was developed in South Korea. The robot is a sentry-gun that was created in order to support South Korean troops at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. An article about Samsung SGR-A1’s features states,” first of its kind unit to have an integrated system that includes surveillance, tracking, firing, and voice-recognition “.   

These military robots have many uses because of their many sensors, this can relate to our Battle Bot whereas there is many sensors to use for different tasks, and not only sensors but the structure of the robot which helps our robot at its most effectiveness. All in all, I believe that robots in the military now are effective and super useful, but fortunately, I think that future military robots will be more complex and highly classified than today’s. 

Sources : 

ACER Robot 

TALON Robot 

SAMSUNG SGR-A1 Robot 

Specifications: 

Team: Terminate

Weight = 945 grams without dongle, 985 grams with dongle 

Dimensions :

Length = 10.5 inches Width = 7 inches Height = 6.4 inches 

Main Components : 

● EV3● 2 Small Motors● Two tacks on front● Cage holding weights (50 grams 2x)● Small Shield in the front● 2 weights (50 grams each)

Programming :

The program down below is the program that’s used in order to control to robot. On the controller that controls the robot, if you push both analogs forward, the robot will go forward and if you push them downward, they’ll do the opposite. In addition, if you push the right analog, the robot moves right, if you push the left analog, the robot moves left. 

Testing : 

Trials  Adjustments 

1 Original design / structure, small shield, and included increase of protection to wheels. 

2 Increased shield to make opponents move push more and make sure the opponents aren’t getting to wheels. 

3 After we increased the shield, we then  figured that we needed to change the  original wheels we had on because it wasn’t  getting enough grip so we added bigger motor wheels.

4 We then removed some weights because the robot was a little over 1,000 grams, so we took out 100 grams (2 weights).