Design Process

Overall Design Process List:

• First robot design was split up

  • Ann and Farrah built the red bot

  • Shaan, Shaurya and Nathan worked on the Tamiya

  • Nathan worked on the simulation set up

• Farrah created the Trello

• Next the course simulation

  • Ann and Farrah designed the and sketched the course simulation

  • Farrah built the course in the programmer

  • Nathan coded the robot to work around the course

    • One of the major issues faced was the corners so in order to solve this problem Nathan adjusted the course dimensions

• Farrah and Ann started the website

  • Because they wasn't enough space and a lot of organizational issues, they created sub folders to house information for multiple projects

• Ann wrote the research paper except the RoboCue and Walkman sections which Shaurya wrote

  • Finding papers in IEEE format was difficult as was adjusting citations from websites and resources that did not follow the format.

    • The use of online citation sites helped make this process smooth

• Ann and Shaurya looked up robot types and found sources that explained how the robots worked

  • Because our topic paper was very specific examples were somewhat limited to find

• Nathan coded to the red bot

  • He coded both the bumper sensors and the line follower

  • Because the tape was white he had to flip the color ration to ensure the line sensor read the line as existing

• Farrah and Shaan rewired the Tamiya

  • Additionally the weight of the required sensors was not supported by the weak Tamiya base, which made coding the wheels difficult eventually resulting in switching the gear box and adjusting the battery power.

  • Shaan also found the autonomy spark-fun informational guide and switched gear box Type A(12.7:1) to Type C(114.7:1)

• Ann finished the website setup and information

• Farra, Shaan, and Nathan coded the Tamiya

  • Once again the same set up issues from the wiring plagued the project

• Farrah and Shaan had to rewire the Tamiya again the fit the infrared sensor because sensor is uncommonly used and libraries are difficult to find for it.

• Shaan, Nathan, and Farrah installed and coded the bumper sensors

• Ann finalized the website, adding images, captions and small descriptions

The Red Bot

The Duracell (Tamiya)

RedBot