Team Bull Trout Project: Elevator Navigating Robot Kelly Kofoed Nate Whitmore Shane Moser Zach Uhles Advisor: Dr. Lu Industry Representative Mr. Dennis Erickson Affiliation: Robotics University of Portland School of Engineering
Introduction Robotics - main stream tool in almost all manufacturing sites Heavily used in the office environment Performing many service tasks like delivering office supplies, mail, or other documents An important operation would be the need to move between building floors using an elevator University of Portland School of Engineering
Our Project Group of electronic modules put together to become an autonomous robot Navigate between the floors via the elevator system
Our Goal Locate the elevator hailing button Calculate distance and maneuver to hailing button Robotic arm will press button Maneuver in front of door After door opens, move inside & locate button panel Select a floor & press button Exit elevator after reaching the desired floor
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Scorecard Prototype built in April 2010 Demonstration Results: Manually drove robot to elevator Arm operated on predefined script Button pusher manually operated Results: We successfully opened elevator door Convinced Shane and Zach to join our team University of Portland School of Engineering
Additional Accomplishments Repaired operation system Downloaded Mil Library Web Page 1st Draft of Functional Spec Completed Power Measurements University of Portland School of Engineering
Plans RS232 communications between MB & PIC Camera / Frame Grabber Voltage Meter – Prevent unscheduled shut down C Programming using MIL library University of Portland School of Engineering
Milestones Status Description Original Target Previous Present completed Build 1st Prototype Robot 24 Apr 10 Func. Spec v.0.01 13 Sept 10 Customer Interview Report 20 Sept 10 Block Diagram & Flow Chart 30 Sept 10 Func. Spec 1st Draft (RD) 01 Oct 10 27 Sept 10 Func. Spec 1st Draft 08 Oct 10 Func. Spec v.95 15 Oct 10 Func. Spec v.1.0 22 Oct 10 Design Doc v.0.9 12 Nov 10 Design Doc v.0.95 26 Nov 10 Design Doc v.1.0 10 Dec 10 Final Report 1st Draft 20 Mar 11 Toward the end of this file are two slides titled “Understanding Milestone Dates” and “Color Coding Milestones” respectively. Review these carefully before completing this slide. University of Portland School of Engineering
Concerns/Issues Getting everything to talk to each other Battery Power University of Portland School of Engineering
Conclusions Prototype Done FSD 0.9 Power Issues Getting everything to talk to each other University of Portland School of Engineering