David Lorrain Christian Washington John West Chris Le Meggie Alleman November 27, 2012 Team 10Advisor: Dr. Jerry Trahan
Functional Decomposition
Chosen Concept BeagleBoard vs Arduino
Android Phone Application Why Android? Camera or Image Selection Edge Detection Algorithm Bluetooth for image transfer
Image Processing Degrade Image Quality Conversion from color to grayscale Canny Edge Detection Algorithm Noise Reduction Original Image Canny Edge Detected Image
BeagleBoard Edge Detected Image from Bluetooth Path-Finding Grouping Precision Detection Motor Controls
Motor Controller 2 Motor Controllers Wheels Chalk Holder Homemade Controller Smaller Simpler Feedback
Robot Frame Chalk holder Chalk Holder Robot Top View BeagleBoard Wheel Batteries
Wheels Turning axle Tire connected to chain Chain connected to gear Gear connected to motor
Power 14 Energizer 1.2V rechargeable batteries 4 for the BeagleBoard 10 Motors and Motor Controller 2300mAh capacity needed for 15 min runtime
Budget Estimate ComponentQuantityCost BeagleBoard1$0.00 Android Phone1$0.00 Orientation Sensor (Gyroscope)1$10.00 Chalk Holder1$10.50 Motors*3$60.00 Batteries16$42.08 Battery Holders4$7.80 Wheel Mechanism*3$90.00 Motor Controller1$17.00 Robot Frame*1$ Total-$337.38
Schedule IDTask NameLengthStartFinishParticipants 1 Order Parts for Wireless Transmission5 days01/14/201301/18/2013All members 2 Order Parts for Precision Detection5 days01/14/201301/18/2013All members 3 Test Image Processing Algorithms10 days01/28/201302/08/2013JW, CL 4 Milestone 1 Report5 days01/28/201302/08/2013All members 5 Milestone 1 Presentation5 days02/04/201302/15/2013All members 6 Order Parts for Frame5 days02/11/201302/15/2013DL, CW 7 Order Parts for Wheels5 days02/11/201302/15/2013DL, CW 8 Test Wireless Transmission5 days02/11/201302/15/2013JW, CL, MA 9 Initial Test of Precision Detection10 days02/18/201303/01/2013JW 10 Milestone 2 Report5 days02/18/201302/22/2013All members 11 Milestone 2 Presentation5 days02/25/201303/01/2013All members 12 Assemble Frame and Wheels10 days03/04/201303/15/2013DL, CW 13 Order Parts for Power5 days03/04/201303/08/2013All members 14 Test Parts for Power5 days03/11/201303/15/2013DL, CW 15 Interface / Test Motor Controller5 days03/18/201303/22/2013All members 16 Test Path Finding5 days03/25/201303/29/2013JW, CL 17 Write and Test Phone Application5 days03/25/201303/29/2013JW, CL, MA 18 Complete Testing and Troubleshooting15 days04/01/201304/15/2013All members 19 Final Report5 days04/15/201304/19/2013All members 20 Final Presentation5 days04/22/201304/26/2013All members
Gantt Chart
Questions
Citations Beagleboard 4/4/ jpg 4/4/ jpg Energizer Battery enter/battery_care/right_rail_splash- additional_dos_and_donts.png enter/battery_care/right_rail_splash- additional_dos_and_donts.png Wheel Mechanism rive_Train rive_Train