1. Parallel Development of Autonomous Robots with a Focus on Modularity
Brittany Hand, Jeffery Hay, Ross Heninger, Andrew Mandeville, Matthew McDonough, Jordan Miller, Fredi Mino, Fiona Popp, Corey Pullium

2. IEEE Region 3 SoutheastCon Hardware Competition 2017

3. IEEE Region 3 SoutheastCon Hardware Competition 2017
Final Stage
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3

4. Rules Stage 1: Stage 3: Stage 2: Final Stage:

5. Multiple Chassis

6. Modular Chassis

7. Modular Chassis

8. Stage 1: Determining Electrical Components
Total height of inner black box is 10"
middle node (ground) is 7" high
Ground in the middle
Resistor
Inductor
Capacitor
Diode
Wire
Discover which pad has what

9. Stage 1: Determining Electrical Components
Approach
Making Contact
Sensing Components

10. Stage 2: Detecting Electromagnetic Field
Strike the vibration sensor
Then hit the vibration sensor every time the electromagnet is active.
(4 more strikes)
Must detect for 30 seconds
Tip: 10" high
Base: 7" high
Electromagnet: 1" high

11. Stage 2: Detecting Electromagnetic Field

12. Stage 3: Entering Code Use code from Stage 1 Example: 3,5,1,2,4
3 CW rotations
5 CCW rotations
1 CW rotation
2 CCW rotations
4 CW rotations

13. Stage 3: Entering Code

14. Final Stage: Aiming Darts
6”x6”
Put 3 nerf darts through the hole
After final dart...Match ends
Shoot vs. Climb & drop
2” step
1” step
0.5” step

15. Final Stage: Firing the Darts
Solenoids values for sudden decompression
Compressed air (2 bar) inside flexible tubing
Schrader valves for pump connection

16. Final Stage: Aiming Adjustable pitch Adjustable yaw
Tower with hidden electronics

17. Communication One start button One stop button
Transmission of code from Stage 1 to Stage 3
Waiting to fire the last dart

18. Communication Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
The tower (master) interrupts the
other robots (slaves).
Passive Ex:
Master >> “s”(status)
(done)“d” << slave

19. Communication Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Active Ex:
Master >> “b”(begin)
(garbage)“#” << slave

20. Communication Start button Polls for status of 3 robots
When gets “done” requests code
Transmits code to dial
When all “done”, fires last dart

21. Results & Conclusion
5th Place

22. Questions?