1. Autonomous Surface Vehicle
ME 435: Stanton Coffey, Pat Gray, Jack Nagle, Sam Riahi, Matt Cline
ME 434: Jeff Roper, Brian Skoog, Stephanie McCarthy, Bobby Lee, Paul Hart, Drew Vaden
ME Grad: Justin Selfridge
ECE: Alex Chin, Jason Armstrong
ECSU: George Harris, John Hayes

2. Competition Scoring

3. Boat Structure Frame Pontoons Made from fiberglass T-slot bars
Frame may be changed to aluminum hollow square bars
This can save 0.7 lbs per foot
Pontoons
Hollow 100% fiberglass
Drain plugs
Uses aluminum hollow square bars for mounting legs

4. Propulsion System Motors Motor positioning Motor Mounting
Two Prowler 30 lbf electric motors
Motor positioning
Shafts are locked in a forward position
Rotation by differential thrusting of motors
Motor Mounting
Mounted at the stern of the boat
Twin frame bars for extra strength
Blade Shields
Built by Norva-Plastics , $250 (half priced for ODU)

5. Central Processing Unit
Components
Land computer, Internal Computer, GPIO-24, Digital to analog converter, IFI robotics controller, two Speed Controllers, Motors
Speed controllers take a PWM signal
Computer is being defragmented
12v battery

6. Waterproofing All wires are re-routed to the top of the box
Holes on the lower section of the electrical box are all sealed
A splash guard will be placed on top of the existing lid, the new lid will be waterproof
This splash guard will house the cameras

7. Cart Dimensions: 8” tall x 5’ long x 3’ wide
Required by competition rules

8. Logic/Vision Integration
Vision can now detect all four buoy colors (red, green, blue, yellow)
The center of each buoy is recorded in the picture frame (pixel)
Logic code has be successfully integrated into the bottom of the vision code
Cameras are being temporarily mounted to the electrical box while the waterproof shield is being built

9. Ghant Chart

10. Budget Initial Funds - $3000 Current Costs Future Costs
New motor - $100
Blade shields - $250
Registration Cost - $500
Future Costs
Frame upgrade - $200
New pontoons - $200
Waterproofing case ~ $350 (TBA)
T-Shirts - $6 each x 14 team members = $84 + tax
Final savings - $1316 (party?)

11. Questions?