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Project Design Review 5 - 2/28/2008

Ryan Bove

Kara Collins

* Peter Courtney

Kyle O’Reilly

Benjamin Rowland

Previous Week’s Action Items E2

Website• Website Maintenance and updates (Ben, Kara)

Continued Work on Trade Studies • Robot Turning (Peter)• Optimization of control parameters governing autonomous motion (Ryan)• Motor Selection (Ben)• Bumper Sensor (Kyle)• Scanning Servo Usage (Kara)

Will be used to determine spring

rating for the bumper

http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/SharpGP2D12-15.pdf

Bumper Sensor Study E2

Will be used to determine base width and motor speeds for turning

* 2 Exact motors at the same voltage may not run at the same speed

Robot Turning Study E2

Current Status E2

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

• All Sensors in Hand (except Compass)

Current Status 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)

• Trade Studies Completed

Next Week’s Action Items E2

• Use Trade Studies to move project along

• Use Ben’s study to select and purchase motors

• Use other studies to begin to interface sensors with microprocessor

• Continue to update and maintain the webpage

Questions/Comments

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