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Project Design Review 4 - 2/21/2008

Ryan Bove

Kara Collins

Peter Courtney

Kyle O’Reilly

Benjamin Rowland

Previous Week’s Action Items E2

Design• Basic shape of robot in CAD (Ryan, Peter)

Sensors • Finalize Sensor selection and purchase sensors (Kyle)

Previous Week’s Action Items E2

Website• Website Maintenance and updates (Ben)

Prototype Field • Field Modeling completed in CAD (Peter)• Price estimate of field production (Peter, Ryan)

MatLab Modeling• Basic object avoidance and pursuit algorithms being modeled in Matlab (Kara)

• Finalized Sensors

Sensor and Motor Selection E2

*Sharp GP2D12 Infra-Red Range Sensor ($11.99)

*R/C Servo, HS-311 ($16.95)

Phidgets Force Sensor ($10.99) x2

Dinsmore 1490 Digital Compass ($14.95)

CAD Model of Prototype Field E2

Current Status (Website) E2

Current Status (Project) E2

• On Schedule (no immediate showstoppers)• Basic Robot Design set

• Further design will be the result of trade study analysis

• Bumper Sensor design• Motor Selection• Scanning servo usage• Robot movement, especially speed

• Prototype field is designed

•All sensors, except compass, in-hand

Will be used to determine degrees of sensor rotation

and object detection distance http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/SharpGP2D12-15.pdf

Servo Trade Study E2

Next Week’s Action Items E2

• Individual Trade Study Work

• Continue to update and maintain the webpage

•Continue Matlab modeling

• Interface at least one sensor with the Mini-Max processor – get test readings

Questions/Comments

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