Preliminary Design Review EE 296: Micro Mouse Spring 2007

Team Giga-Cat Team Members Chris Ho Mark Fujihara Katherine Ishida David Ota

Team Roles As of now, we are unsure of our exact roles, but we will be making all decisions as a group

Project Overview Build an autonomous robot that can find the center of a maze and then find the shortest path to the center.

Our Approach Top Down sensors for path/wall detection Two wheels and a ball bearing for mobility (still working on other details)

Potential Problems Burning out components (especially the rabbit) Finding times when we can all work Making the mouse move Confusing the programmer Crashing the mouse into the wall Passing the cost limit

What we expect to Learn How to apply our knowledge of engineering to a real situation How to work in a team How to coordinate the different aspects of electrical engineering: Programming Programming Circuit building and analysis Circuit building and analysis Debugging Debugging

Goals for the Semester Build a working mouse that can Move forward Move forward Turn right, left, and reverse Turn right, left, and reverse Continue moving forward Continue moving forward Build a complete mouse that can Track the maze Track the maze Find the center Find the center Bring a mouse to the mainland and win!

Proposed schedule 1/13/07 to 2/19/07 Learn basics of codes & decide on basic design Learn basics of codes & decide on basic design 2/19/07 to 3/9/07 Build basic structure of mouse and motor Build basic structure of mouse and motor 3/9/07 to 4/6/07 Decide on algorithm and program tracking/solving codes Decide on algorithm and program tracking/solving codes 4/6/07 to 5/2/07 Test, debug, and improve mouse Test, debug, and improve mouse

Proposed Schedule (Gantt chart) JanFebMarAprMayTasks Learn basics Build structure Algorithm & codes Test & debug

Thank You! Any Questions??