1. Project Manager: Stewart WadsworthFaculty Guide: Dr. SahinProject Number: P09207 Ground Scouts Robotics P09207 Week 3 Update Final Specifications Functional Decomposition Concepts Generated Plan for Concept Selection

2. Project Manager: Stewart WadsworthFaculty Guide: Dr. SahinProject Number: P09207 Top Down→Bottom Up System Level Design Locomotion/Power Locomotion Layer (Stewart) Power Layer (Tae) Processing Main Processing Layer (Alex) Embedded Processing (Matt) Sensors Sonar Layer (Tae) IR Layer (Tae) Camera Layer (Alex) GPS (Matt) Communications/Interfacing Communication Layer (Josh) User Interface Software (Josh) Modularity Low Cost Robot Velocity 2 hours of operation Powerful Simple yet functional 2m Range 50m Range 1m Range Simple yet functional 640x480 at 30fps Speed and range Capacity Range and accuracy Capacity and Range 3m accuracy Specifications Functional Decomposition

3. Project Manager: Stewart WadsworthFaculty Guide: Dr. SahinProject Number: P09207 Concepts Generated http://www.superdroidrobots.com/images/TP-090-003.jpg Omni Directional Drive http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/skid-steer-intro.jpg Skid Steer

4. Project Manager: Stewart WadsworthFaculty Guide: Dr. SahinProject Number: P09207 Plan for Concept Selection A B C (reference) Benchmar k Skid Steer Omni Directional Selection CriteriaWeightRatingNotesWtdRatingNotesWtdRatingNotesWtd Low Cost20%10.2030.6020.40 Low Power Consumption15%30.4520.3010.15 Familiarity15%40.604 30.45 0.00 Ease of Assembly10%30.3040.4030.30 Number of parts10%20.2030.3020.20 Driving Speed10%40.404 20.20 Number of screws5%30.153 3 Aesthetics5%40.2020.1040.20 0.00 Total %90% Total Score 2.50 2.85 2.05 Rank x Continue? No sum(Weight) = 100% Rating: 5 good, 1 bad