robotics design

Robotics Design

By Nha-Chi Nguyen, Neleena Paul, Nicholas Partain, Luke Porter, Andrew Ramos

The A Team

• Luke Porter

The A Team

• Chi Nguyen

The A Team

• Neleena Paul

The A Team

• Andrew Ramos

The A Team

• Nicholas Partain

Mission

To create a robot that can:

• Pass over a slope

• Retrieve at least three rockets

• Proceed through a dark tunnel

• Eventually drop the objects in red box

Success: Aforementioned tasks done without human touch

The Program

The Programming Process

First Mission:

Sound activation and

safely proceeding

over a slope

Solution:

• sound sensor

• a combination of line

tracking and forward

movement

The Programming Process

Second Mission:

Guiding the robot to

the storage to

retrieve at least

three rockets

Solution:

• line tracking and

straight motion

• lift and clamp

mechanism

The Programming Process

Final Mission:

To drop the rockets in

their designated red box

after passing through a

tunnel

Solution:

• reverse motion

• change of direction

utilizing the right motor

• line tracking and

descending the arms

Robot’s Design

• original taskbot

design except the

NXT is placed flat

• goal post

contraption for

rocket security

• Utilizes only light

and sound sensors

• Three motors

Pros and Cons of Our Solution

Pros

• The robot has the ability

to gather and drop off 4

rockets.

• Calibrates efficiently to

the white line

• Only requires two

sensors

• Extra safety measures in

the program

Limitations

• line tracks to the

left of the white line

which sometimes

causes unexpected

motions

• Lack of prior

programming

knowledge

Improvements

• Split up tasks more efficiently and equally among all team members

• Watch informational videos on how to program the robot beforehand