To the right is the master assembly of our autonomous rover. This CAD features electronics as well as 3D printed components in red.
Some of the manufacturing techniques learned through creating this autonmus robot include: 3D printing the jaw mechanism and gears, laser cutting the chassis in pine sheets, soldering wires to electronics.
We used a Pixie camera to scan the surroundings and look for particularly bright colored cans. This feature enabled us to precisely find the can and maneuver the rover towards the can's location. From the demonstration, the rover could see the can even when turned 180 degrees away from it.
Our robot placed among the top 10 teams, and to the left is the final track alongside the can-finding showcase. The engineering and the collaboration between me and 4 other bright engineers allowed us to make a marvel in the autonomous technologies. Overall, this simple bot pushed what our creative engineering selves could accomplish in our undergraduate program. It was a fantastic start to understanding mechanisms and design.
Similar but a completely different set of challenges. Check out where the experience required to tackle a fully autonomous rover using Arduino came from.
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