Zack and A.C.Final Oral Report

EEL5666

IMDL

Sara Keen

April 12, 2005

Summary of Report

• Purpose

• Platform Design

• Sensor Suite

• Behaviors

• Setbacks

• Conclusion

Purpose

• Duplicity

• Cooperation

• Efficiency

• Group Behaviors

Platform Design

• Multileveled• Balanced• Not Round• Mounting Surfaces

Pincer Design

• Lightweight• Single Servo• Grip• Wide span• 2 degrees of freedom

Sensor Suite

• Sharp GP2D12 IR distance sensors

• SRF04 Ultrasonic distance sensors

• Parallax 433.92 MHz Transceivers

• TSOP1740 40 kHz IR Receivers

Sensor Suite

• Interrupts• Interference• Alignment

Behaviors

• Obstacle Avoidance

• Locate, pick up, move objects

• Communicate to keep track of number found

• Navigate towards IR emitter

• Rest when mission is completed

Setbacks

• Two Robots

• Time Constraints

• RF Trouble

• Arm Design

Conclusion

• Learning Experience• Most Goals Achieved• Future Work