Team A.C.M.E. ECE 361 Final Project

Team Members A my Sibilia C hris Waters M att Fike E ric Benz

Design Overview Locomotion Four wheel design Four wheel design Four wheel drive Four wheel driveTracking Stop wheels to turn Stop wheels to turn Track off of blue line Track off of blue line

Overview continued Shooting Pitching machine Pitching machine Bouncing technique Bouncing technique Elevated platform Elevated platformAuto-Loading Ramp into spinning wheels Ramp into spinning wheelsSoftware Used Lego software Used Lego software

Overview continued Pushing Ram in front of robot Ram in front of robot Wheels proved better for traction Wheels proved better for traction Sensor to detect block Sensor to detect block Rank of priorities 1 – tracking 2 – shooting 3 – pushing 4 - speed

Team Procedures Team skills and Dynamics Meetings and Communication Meetings and Communication Alternated leadership roles Alternated leadership roles Implemented website to make documents available Implemented website to make documents available Responsibilities Responsibilities Creative Process Brainstorming Brainstorming Decision-making Decision-making Design Review & Revision Design Review & Revision Verification and Testing

Project Process Results We developed a test plan to test: Tracking Tracking Avoiding Obstacles Avoiding Obstacles Shooting Shooting Pushing Pushing Victory Dance Victory Dance

Project Competition Results Below average performance possibly due to... possibly due to... Course alternations Lighting conditions Touch sensor design

Lessons Learned Good Decisions Original ball shooting idea Original ball shooting idea Implementing pushing arm touch sensor Implementing pushing arm touch sensor Wheels instead of treads Wheels instead of treads Bad Decisions Too complicated design Too complicated design Unreliable bump detection Unreliable bump detection

Summary & Conclusions Learned to... Work better in group conditions Work better in group conditions Manage team meetings Manage team meetings Developed a more effective creative process Developed a more effective creative process Better Engineers Creative Outcome “Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.” –Anonymous “Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.” –Anonymous

Future PDS Create a robot that is capable of climbing a wall, make its way across a tight rope, and perform a cartwheel at the end. Demolition Derby

Questions? “Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.” – Italian Proverb