Intrepid Robot
System Requirements
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Your robot must do three things in order in less than 15 minutes:
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High five an LA (target hand height 105.5-107 cm), seated conveniently nearby in the atrium
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Travel to Jason Rife’s office.
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High five Jason Rife (target hand height 105.5-107 cm).
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Your robot should not be tethered to a wall outlet (batteries will be available in Nolop).
Restrictions
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You should not touch your robot during its adventures. This probably means that your robot should be remote controlled.
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You should not use an RC car controller. This probably means that your robot should be controlled through wifi from a laptop or phone.
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Your robot cannot fly. (We don’t have the space to test drones safely, unfortunately.)
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You cannot clear a path for the robot. This would include moving chairs, opening doors and the like.
Safe assumptions
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The doors at the top of the stairs that lead to the ME department hallway will be propped open.
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The atrium and hallways will be clear of chairs and similar obstacles. You will still need to traverse a variety of different surfaces.
Our Design
We decided to make a robot which could operate an elevator, so that we would not have to worry about traversing stairs or leaving the building.
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We used a push-pull solenoid with a laser-cut hand for both the high-five and pushing the elevator button. The robot was wifi controlled using a phone.
Above are two demonstrations of the push-pull solenoid.
On the left we show our control interface.
On the right we show it pushing the elevator button.