Intel ® Robotic Tablet Charger Presenters Garrett Pauwels Justin Carey Group Members Hung Nguyen Nolan Igarashi Richard Mullenburg Kevin Hughes PSU Faculty Advisor David Turcic, PhD Intel Industry Advisor Douglas Heymann, PhD

Overview Project Background Mission Statement Project Plan Project Scope Product Design Specifications House of Quality Risk Assessment Conclusion

Background Injured or disabled individuals are confined to their chair cannot move to plug in charger Inherent Issues: o Risk greater injury o Must move outside prescribed range of motion o Outlet locations are inconvenient

Mission Statement Provide a device that will intercept a low energy hand- held computer tablet and transport it to a charging station to be reenergized. Also, comply with the requirements of Intel ® : o Device must be capable of traveling over hard surfaces and carpet. o Ability to turn up to 180° o Wirelessly travel up to 40 ft o Detailed report highlighting design process and analysis.

Project Plan

Project Scope Customers o Internal  M.E. 492 / 493 o External  Intel®

PDS Elements

PDS Elements Continued

House of Quality

Risk Assessment

Conclusion Deliver a device to travel over multiple surfaces to charge a tablet Produce a working prototype by June 2012 Unique project used for prototyping purposes only If all else fails, here is an alternative use: