1. 1 Team Amaze Me (Micromouse 296/396) Brandon Gibu Chad Higa John Miyajima Justin Ogata (February 9, 2008) Fig. 1.1: Amaze Me 1.0Fig. 1.3: *Herbie the Mousebot* Fig. 1.2: Amaze Me 2.0

2. 2 Team Amaze Me John Miyajima (Team Leader) Hardware Brandon Gibu Software Justin Ogata Hardware Chad Higa Software All members are responsible for Design notebook and PowerPoint presentation

3. 3 Overview of Project Construct an autonomous robot Navigate a 16 x 16 maze in shortest time Implement better hardware components Efficient solving algorithm Fig. 3.1: Amaze Me 1.0 Fig. 1.2: Amaze Me 2.0

4. 4 Design Approach Make a better mouse! EE 296 Hardware Components Normal Wheels Protoboard/wires/ribbon cable Top down layout Mosfets AA batteries Unipolar Stepper motors EE 396 Hardware Components Thicker Wheels with treads Etching Side Sensors H Drivers Lithium Ion Batteries Bipolar stepper motors Table 4.1 296 Hardware Table 4.2 396 Hardware

5. 5 Design Approach Software EE 296 Software Wall Hugger If and else statements EE 396 Software Flood Fill Costates, Stacks, and Arrays Table 5.1 296 Software Table 5.2 396 Software

6. 6 Our Team Strategy Work in parallel not in series Set simple short term goals Stick to schedule Learn from our mistakes Fig. 6.1 Clock

7. 7 Schedule (Gantt Chart) Table 7.1 Gnatt Chart

8. 8 Gantt Chart Table 8.1: Jan. – Feb.

9. 9 Gantt Chart Table 9.1 Mar. – Apr.

10. 10 Gantt Chart Table 10.1 May

11. 11 Project Difficulties A lot to be done Level of difficulty… Big Step Time management How to adjust

12. 12 Learning Outcomes Project -Familiarize with 296 & 396 circuits -Better or other hardware & software techniques -Etching -Side sensors -A/D converter -Flood fill algorithm -Bipolar Stepper motors -Etc.

13. 13 Learning Outcomes As a Team –Time management Stick to Gantt Chart –Team work –Set short term goals Achieve them! –Bring Chad up to speed

14. 14 Goals for Project Have the mouse get to the center! Be successful in terms of an Engineering Project “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” Les Brown

15. 15 Thank You Questions and Comments