robot proposal

DESIGN PROPOSALJoe Coughlin

Brandon CookHeather Reinhart

Design Concept

“Black Box” containing electronics, motors, ect

Ability to move from side to side on rails Pucks held off to the side of table Kicker with grips to grab next puck and

shoot puck down table

Mechanical Aspects

Steel rails allow side to side movement Aluminum table clamps Box for controls Gears to adjust control Claw: grab and shoot pucks Canister to store remaining pucks

Electrical

Two motors Slide rail motor Kicker Motor

Micro controller Mega 128

Power source

Software

• Software is what will drive the system.

• C and Matlab based

• Sequential operations

System Goals

Be able to shoot a puck with a varying amount of force

Be able to shoot the puck from different places

Be able to have the system detect the state of the game

Adjust/strategize about how to shoot the puck

Reload autonomously Win!

Implementation

• “Strawman” Implementation

• Full scale model

• Build using balsa wood

• Get an idea of size and dimensions

• Check fitment and placement of components

Sketches

Sketches

Sketches

Flow chart

Responsibilities

Brandon: Design, Programming, and Circuits and Testing

Heather: Design, Manufacture, Building, Testing and Circuit assistance

Joe: Design, Manufacture, Building and Testing

Timeline

Week 2: Prototype and find all parts Week 3: Start building and

troubleshooting Week 4: Continue

building/troubleshooting Week 5: Redesign and rebuild Week 6: Test functionality Week 7: Troubleshoot and test Week 8: Fine tune Week 9: Make any further adjustments Week 10: Play Shuffleboard!