Here is the final code that we used to run our robot.

There was more to the robot than the cardboard and motors mentioned before in the blog. The wheels attached to the motors are from a lego kit, they are attached with hot glue. The cardboard body of the robot is held together with zip ties (we would have used nuts and bolts to hold it but we were attempting to keep the robot as light weight as possible) and everything else comes straight out of the arduino kit we we purchased at the begining of the semester.

Here are the final images of our project all put together. The wires are all "hidden" between the two cardboard bases along with the arduino, breadboard, and the sensor is hiding at the bottom just above the ground. And, of course, why have a girl on the team if she isn't going to put a cute image on the robot? Meow!

This video shows that despite the motors not being strong enough to push the whole robot, the project does what we wanted it to. The sensor properly works and the wheels move depending on what the sensor is reading. If the motors had enough torque, the robot would follow a drawn line without going off track.

This video shows that our motors properly work. However, it is only barely moving because we do not have enough torque on the wheels in order to move the robot.

There are the parts done using Solidworks to be laser-cut. We will be cutting it out on 1/8" cardboard. These are much improved from our self'cutouts of the bases of the project. 

In theory, changing which motor spins based on what color is underneath the sensor, the robot should be able to move itself along a drawn path.

The process along the way. Finally making progress. Better late than never!

Finally, what the sensor was supposed to be doing.

A little more refined.

Testing...

The team is currently working on the project. Sarah has worked on the parts to be laser cut and has requested the parts. Ryan and Billy are currently working on the wiring and motors for the project.

We have cut out the base for our robot, The holes are to put the wires through and the bigger holes are for screwing together.

Our group is meeting today to start the assembly for our project. We are still waiting to receive some parts so only the basic things will get done today. Pictures to post soon. 

Unfortunately our team has been posting on the wrong blog so the blogger page has not been updated in a while. Here is a post that we made on November 10th... "The settled idea for our project! We are putting in a materials request tonight and we will start building as soon as the parts arrive."

So far, the idea is that we will create some type of moving robot that will use dc motors controlled by either an infrared sensor or some type of external wireless input to move around.

We finally met each other!

Appearing from left to right: Billy Gill, Ryan Swift and Sarah Buono (Iignore the guy in the background!)

A little inspiration:

A little inspiration:

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