1. Bad News Bots E2 Project Design Review 4 - 2/21/2008 Ryan Bove Kara Collins Peter Courtney Kyle O’Reilly Benjamin Rowland

2. Previous Week’s Action Items E2 Design Basic shape of robot in CAD (Ryan, Peter) Sensors Finalize Sensor selection and purchase sensors (Kyle)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. CAD Model of Prototype Field E2

6. Current Status (Website) E2

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Questions/Comments Bad News Bots E2