Xueyu(Sherry) Du Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Florida 4/10/2014 ZENITH: A ROBOT THAT CAN AUTOMATICALLY CLIMB UP THE STAIRS
1 I ntroduction 2 P roject goal & Tasks 3 S ystem Implementation C ontents 4 C urrent Progress 5 C onclusion
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P roject goal & Tasks 2 θ Goal: Finding stairs and adjusting driving direction for the robot to climb up Tasks: Randomly walking; Obstacle Avoidance; Finding colored label; Aligning to the center line; Moving to the idea direction; Climbing up stairs d
S ystem Implementation 3
Tracks S ystem: Components
P rogramming: Image Processing
P rogramming: Motion Control Randomly walking; Obstacle Avoidance; Adjusting to align to the center of the label; Turning a certain angle Walking a certain distance
4 C urrent Progress Frame of trends fully designed & assembled; Chassis fully designed & assembled; Obstacle avoidance achieved; Color detection & tracking centroid XBee communication Motion control achieved
5 C onclusion Current status: 80% complicated; Major problems: sensor errors; Future development: accuracy controlling
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