1. ECE 791/792 Project Proposal
The Goddard Project

2. Team Goddard Advisor: Professor Miller Cassandra DeNunzio Robert Galli
Kevin Tierney
Andrew Felicetti
Samuel Cordeiro
Cameron Perl

3. Meet Goddard
Goddard is the robotic dog from Nickelodeon’s popular 90’s TV Series, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius.

4. Goddard Project Goals
Goals have been divided into four tiers to distinguish between core and stretch goals.
The purpose of dividing the project into tiers is to ensure the completion of basic functionality before stretch goals are attempted.

5. Tier One CAD Drawing of Body Completion of the Body Structure
Controlled Movement (Wired)
Basic Goddard Features
Bark
Lights

6. Tier Two Basic Actions Wireless Interface Basic Proximity Awareness
General Acknowledgements
Stay
Come
Bark
Wireless Interface
Basic Proximity Awareness

7. Tier Three NodeJS Server Voice Controls Autonomous Movement
Speech to Text Software
Text Parsing
WolframAlpha Integration
Text to Speech
Autonomous Movement
Tail Wag
Jaw Movement

8. Tier Four
Fetch
Facial Recognition
Projector

9. Overall Systems Architecture
Structure: Sheet Metal
Main Controller: Raspberry Pi
Output Control: Arduino
LEDs
Motor Controller: Maestro
Four Servo Motors for Movement
Additional Movement Motors
Misc. Action Control: Arduino
Fetch
Bark
Sensor/ Feedback Control: Arduino
Sonar Range Finder
Photo Diode Sensors
Battery Source: Controllers, Four Motors

10. Body Construction Materials: Cold Rolled Steel Sheet Metal
Round Stock Reinforced Frame
Acrylic Dome
Expandable Rubber Tubing
Capabilities:
Articulated Jaw, Ears, Tail, Neck
Constructed using a Hobart 115V flux core wire fed portable mig welder

11. Division of Responsibilities
Mechanical Processes, CAD, Welding:
Samuel Cordeiro and Cameron Perl
Motor Control, Movement, Autonomous Drive:
Andrew Felicetti and Kevin Tierney
Programming, Microcontroller Networking, Voice Commands:
Cassandra DeNunzio and Bobby Galli

12. Main Controller: Raspberry Pi
Advantages:
Fully Functional Linux Computer
Open Source
Processing Power
Compatibility with other controllers
Memory Capacity

13. Slave Controller: Arduino Uno
Advantages:
Easily Programmable
Large Open Source Libraries
Compact
Several I/O Pins for Feedback
Low Power Consumption
Uses:
Sensor Feedback
LED Control
Action Controls

14. Slave Controller: Maestro Mini
Advantages:
Easy to Program
Motor Control Positional Feedback
18 I/O Ports for Feedback
Uses:
Motor Controller
Movement
Additional Moving Parts
Talk about software!

15. Sensors Surrounding Awareness Fetch Autonomous Movement
Proximity Sensor
Photo Diode Sensor
Infrared Range Finder
Fetch
Web Cam
Autonomous Movement

16. Budget

17. Timeline - Semester One

18. Timeline - Semester Two

19. The End