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Team Amaze Me(Micromouse 296/396)
Brandon Gibu
Chad Higa
John Miyajima
Justin Ogata
(February 9, 2008)
Fig. 1.1: Amaze Me 1.0 Fig. 1.3: *Herbie the Mousebot*
Fig. 1.2: Amaze Me 2.0
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Team Amaze Me
John Miyajima (Team Leader)
Hardware
Brandon GibuSoftware
Justin Ogata
Hardware
Chad Higa
Software
All members are responsible for Design notebook and PowerPoint presentation
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Overview of Project• Construct an autonomous robot• Navigate a 16 x 16 maze in shortest time• Implement better hardware components• Efficient solving algorithm
Fig. 3.1: Amaze Me 1.0
Fig. 1.2: Amaze Me 2.0
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Design Approach
• Make a better mouse!
EE 296 Hardware Components
Normal Wheels
Protoboard/wires/ribbon cable
Top down layout
Mosfets
AA batteries
Unipolar Stepper motors
EE 396 Hardware Components
Thicker Wheels with treads
Etching
Side Sensors
H Drivers
Lithium Ion Batteries
Bipolar stepper motors
Table 4.1 296 Hardware Table 4.2 396 Hardware
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Design Approach Software
EE 296 Software
Wall Hugger
If and else statements
EE 396 Software
Flood Fill
Costates, Stacks, and Arrays
Table 5.1 296 Software Table 5.2 396 Software
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Our Team Strategy
• Work in parallel not in series
• Set simple short term goals
• Stick to schedule
• Learn from our mistakesFig. 6.1 Clock
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Schedule (Gantt Chart)
Table 7.1 Gnatt Chart
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Gantt Chart
Table 8.1: Jan. – Feb.
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Gantt Chart
Table 9.1 Mar. – Apr.
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Gantt Chart
Table 10.1 May
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Project Difficulties
• A lot to be done
• Level of difficulty… Big Step
• Time management
• How to adjust
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Learning Outcomes
Project
-Familiarize with 296 & 396 circuits
-Better or other hardware & software techniques
-Etching
-Side sensors
-A/D converter
-Flood fill algorithm
-Bipolar Stepper motors
-Etc.
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Learning Outcomes• As a Team
– Time management• Stick to Gantt Chart
– Team work
– Set short term goals• Achieve them!
– Bring Chad up to speed
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Goals for Project
• Have the mouse get to the center!
• Be successful in terms of an Engineering Project
• “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”
Les Brown
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