Project Micromouse: “Microtaur”

Team Excelsior Team Lead ▫Janel Raab Team Members ▫Devon Griggs ▫Devin Helmgren ▫Emilia Holbik Faculty Advisor ▫Dr. Wayne Lu Industry Representative ▫Leon Clark, Urban Robotics Client: ▫Dr. Wayne Lu

Project Overview

Milestones StatusDescription Due Date Completed Drives straight and stops (without IR sensor recognition) 1/24/20141/17/2014 Completed Turns 90 degrees (accuracy within 2 degrees) 1/24/2014 Completed IR inputs converted from analog to digital 1/31/20141/29/2014 Completed Recognizes presence/absence of wall 1/31/2014

Milestones Continued StatusDescription Due Date Completed Tuple generated on device, and hardcoded decision executed 2/14/20141/31/2014 Completed Four step polling sequence implemented, and tuple decisions nested 2/14/20141/24/2014 In Progress February Program Review2/14/2014 In Progress Autocorrect code prevents collision with walls for 7 minutes 2/21/2014

Upcoming Milestones

And we’ve got our tickets!!!

Demo 1: Robot in Small Maze

Improvements/Concerns Autocorrect in steps 1, 2, 4 of poll Post-turn autocorrect Emergency stop wall collision ▫Left sensor ▫Right sensor Tuple recognition accuracy vs. navigation accuracy …Eventually add a gyroscope!

Demo 2: Agent in Virtual Environment

Improvements/Concerns Dead end pruning Loading agent code to hardware ▫C++ compiler  PIC Microcontroller compiler Tuple recognition accuracy

Other Concerns Gaps in big maze!

Conclusion March 17 th in Fort Worth, TX Crunch time! QUESTIONS?