We were tasked with designing a robot that could find its way out of an arbitrarily-shaped room, with applications for disaster relief. To achieve this goal, we learned how robots use touch, light, and ultrasonic sensors to learn about their environment and use that information to navigate.
Main Topics and Goals
Write an IEEE research paper summarizing the use of robots in search-and-rescue operations
Learn how robots collect information about and interact with their environments
Design a virtual course to test a program designed to allow a robot to navigate its way out of an enclosed space
Write a program to complete the aforementioned goal