Lego Mindstorms Robot Final Presentation

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Lego Mindstorms Robot Final Presentation
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Our Team

• Mee Mee Hein
• Computer Engineering Student
• Ben Carvell
• Mechanical Engineering Student
• Significant others
• Dax Kepshire (Advisor for this project)
• Computer Engineering Senior Student
• Dr. Troy McBride (Intro to Engineering Professor)

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Contest Objectives and Rules

• To build an autonomous robot platform to find a
  light source in an obstacle course.
• Programming in two languages
• The competition

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Personal Objectives

• To design and create an autonomous robot using
  Lego Mindstorms Kits
• To research preexisting robots and reengineer to
  meet our specifications
• To program the robot with RCX and NQC to find the
  light in minimum time

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Our Plan
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DESIGN PROPOSAL
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The BRAIN

• 3 motor outputs
• Pulse Width Modulation
• 3 sensor input/outputs
• Light, heat, touch, etc.
• Programmed through an IR serial communication
  interface

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SPECS

• RCX Brick
• Two Motors
• Differential Steering
• Two Touch Sensors
• One Light Sensor

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TOP VIEW
SIDE VIEW
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Block Diagram

Sensor Input/Output
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Two Programming Languages

• Given RCX (Robot Command Explorer)
• Not Quite C (C-like syntax)
• We are going to use Bricx Command Center (RcxCC)
  to compile the Not Quite C code for our RCX
  Brick.
• User Friendly
• Free Download
• One of the recommended Dave Baum compilers
• Dave Baum created Not Quite C

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Flow Chart
If test intensity
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Side View
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Top View
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Back View
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Front View
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Literature Resources

• Robot Builder's Bonanza by Gordon McComb 
• Extreme Mindstorms  An Advanced Guide to Lego
  Mindstorms by Dave Baum 
• Building Robot's With Lego Mindstorms by Hempel 

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Online Resorces

• http//www.baumfamily.org/nqc/
• http//people.freenet.de/uweryssel/nqc_en.html
• http//www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/students
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• http//www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/students/
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• http//www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htmbas
  ics
• http//www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm
• http//www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/cds.htm
• http//www.mrob.com/pub/lego/msfaq.html
• http//www.ewh.ieee.org/r3/hampton_roads/students/
  TheSolutionPDR.ppt
• http//home14.inet.tele.dk/rolighed/programming.ht
  ml
• http//www.slewis.com/rcxport/
• http//hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFourth/overvie
  w.html
• http//robofesta.open.ac.uk/techspec.html
• http//www.mrob.com/pub/lego/msfaq.html
• http//slashdot.org/books/99/11/24/0928207.shtml
• http//web.media.mit.edu/fredm/mindstorms/index.h
  tml

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Sounds Interesting to watch our robot
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Youre Welcome to Our Robot Demonstration

• In Robot Competition
• When--- 400 on Tuesday December 9th
• Where--- In the Elab, Esbenshade

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End of Presentation

• Thank You for Your Attention
• Presented by
• Mee Mee and Ben