KTD Micromouse

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KTD Micromouse

• Overview
• Approach
• Potential problems
• Personal Expectations
• Team Goals

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Overview

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

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Approach

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

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Approach

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

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Approach

• Team Organization / Responsibilities
• No sharp division of labor
• 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
• Team leader responsible for tracking overall
  schedule

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Potential Problems

• Construction
• Wiring
• Debugging circuit
• Programming
• Debugging code
• Integrating codes from each member
• Design
• Reliability
• Time Management

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Potential Solutions

• Modular Design
• Allows testing of individual systems
• Construction of backup modules
• Maximize debugging time
• Keep the design flexible as long as possible

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Personal Expectations
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Team Goals

• Complete a Micromouse that can reliably
• Avoid collisions with walls
• Center itself between walls
• Track a wall

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