1. KTD Micromouse Overview Team Goals Approach Outstanding Problems Future Solutions Final Status

2. Overview Design and construct a robot capable of autonomous motion and navigation through a maze within the rules specified by the Micromouse competition.

3. Team Goals Complete a Micromouse that can reliably Complete a Micromouse that can reliably Avoid collisions with walls Avoid collisions with walls Center itself between walls Center itself between walls Track a wall Track a wall

4. Approach Mouse Chasis Chasis Aluminum Aluminum “Wheelchair” style “Wheelchair” style Front and rear casters or slides for stability Front and rear casters or slides for stability Drive Drive 2 Stepper motors 2 Stepper motors Differential steering Differential steering Sensors Sensors Infrared emitter / detector Infrared emitter / detector “Top down” sensing “Top down” sensing Allow design to evolve during prototyping stage. Allow design to evolve during prototyping stage. Breadboard or cardboard prototyping Breadboard or cardboard prototyping

5. Approach Maze Solving Wall hugger Wall hugger Allow left or right wall hugging Allow left or right wall hugging Explore options for situations in which wall hugging provides no solution. Explore options for situations in which wall hugging provides no solution. Timed or random switching between left Timed or random switching between left and right wall hugging

6. Approach Team Organization / Responsibilities No sharp division of labor No sharp division of labor Allow each team member to gain hands on experience with circuit design, coding, etc. Allow each team member to gain hands on experience with circuit design, coding, etc. All team members equally responsible for all aspects of mouse construction and development All team members equally responsible for all aspects of mouse construction and development Team leader responsible for tracking overall schedule Team leader responsible for tracking overall schedule

7. Outstanding Problems Construction Construction Wiring Wiring Debugging circuit Debugging circuit Programming Programming Debugging code Debugging code Design Design Reliability Reliability Time Management Time Management

8. Future Solutions Construction Construction Use a more permanent board. To prevent wires from coming out. Use a more permanent board. To prevent wires from coming out. Code Code Use comments in the code to make it easier to understand. Use comments in the code to make it easier to understand. Time Management Time Management Plan meetings better. Plan meetings better.

9. Final Status We got our mouse to track and stop and dead ends. We got our mouse to track and stop and dead ends. After trying to modify our mouse it stopped working. After trying to modify our mouse it stopped working.

10. chassis Mount sensors Mount motors Sensor driver Motor driver Tracking Code Wiring/assembly Gantt Chart