With the robot programming underway and working pretty well, we needed to being construction of the building so that we can begin running more in-depth tests with the robot.
We began by cutting two pieces of wood into 4 quadrants that will act as the floor of the building and then began cutting foam board and using hot glue to attack the foam board to the wood floors. The foam board will be the walls of the building.
We used a thinner foam board for the perimeter walls and a thicker foam board for inner walls. With just hot glue, we were quite surprised how solid the construction felt and will continue this process an have the full floor plan laid out by the end of this weekend.
We also are expecting to at the very least have the robot enter one room and perform its search function to locate, identify, and either download/subdue the target. Once this is complete its just a matter of extending the program so that the robot will continue to the other rooms in the building and perform the same function.
We are expecting a well rehearsed prototype to show off by our next class.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Week 5
Week 5 was a successful week working on the program of the robot. The line follow algorithm was already working well but we needed to integrate other functions into the program so that the robot could do more than just follow a line.
After a few iterations, we've got the robot able to follow a line into a room. Once in the room, the robot will begin to search for an object, find said object, and then identify the object. If the object is the intel (marked by something blue) the robot will then begin to "download" the information. If the object is hostile (marked by a red object) the robot will whack it with a hammer.
This set of functions is up and running pretty well as of now. We also discussed ways of having the robot find its way back to the line so that it can follow it onward into the other rooms. We're going to have the robot locate a wall in the room and begin following this wall until it finds the entrance to the room, where the line will be, and then get back on track with the line.
After a few iterations, we've got the robot able to follow a line into a room. Once in the room, the robot will begin to search for an object, find said object, and then identify the object. If the object is the intel (marked by something blue) the robot will then begin to "download" the information. If the object is hostile (marked by a red object) the robot will whack it with a hammer.
This set of functions is up and running pretty well as of now. We also discussed ways of having the robot find its way back to the line so that it can follow it onward into the other rooms. We're going to have the robot locate a wall in the room and begin following this wall until it finds the entrance to the room, where the line will be, and then get back on track with the line.
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