The Guardian By: Adam Hoyt
Functions To traverse throughout a house during the day without hitting objects, or becoming stuck in a specific spot. To frequently stop and scan the area for threats through color detection If intruder (the color yellow) is detected, a Nerf pellet is fired at intruder
Sensors First line of avoidance is sonar. – Two modes of traverse obstacles Two bump sensors in case sonar failure.
IP Camera DSC-930L IP Camera Personal router used to create network ManyCam software used to define camera feed Feed called in and manipulated through opencv
Functionality Operated and controlled by the Epiphany board with servo plus and motor driver additions. Uses 2 hacked servos on motor drivers for differential steering. Turrent is dual axis from two servos combined.
Communication Using an IP camera, video is fed into the network through a router to my computer for off platform processing. Response is transmitted via Bluetooth to a Bluesmirf onboard to direct servo controls robot movement and positioning based on video.