1. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 1November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Project D River Robot Navigation Team John Fastabend Justin Meyer Kim Head Geoffrey Hazelett Advisor Dr. Lu Industry Representative Dave Dunning Intel

2. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 2November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Overview Introduction Scorecard Additional Accomplishments Plans Issues/Concerns Conclusions

3. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 3November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction Autonomous Robot with the goal of locating an object within a room.

4. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 4November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Scorecard Complete Project Plan – Approved Obtain Parts – Most parts obtained or in shipping. Continue Design Work – Notable progress in sonar sensor code base.

5. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 5November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Additional Accomplishments We have obtained a C compiler for Microchip microcontrollers Made improvements to sensor design as discussed with Dr. Lu. Progress made in integration of navigational algorithms and sensor input. Microcontroller program memory space issues have been addressed.

6. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 6November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Plans Fully develop sonar sensor input so it is ready to be integrated into navigational algorithm. Prototyping of FPGA/CMU CAM2 Have basic navigational code to allow sensor inputs to be tested.

7. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 7November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Milestones NumberDescriptionOriginal 10/29/05 Previous 10/29/05 Present 10/29/05 1Product Approval10/04/05 2Plan Approval11/11/05 3Sensors, Compass Design11/28/05 3FPGA Design12/01/05 4Design Release12/09/05 5Integrate hardware and algorithm 02/23/05 6TOP’s Approval02/24/06 7Prototype Release04/07/06 8Founder’s Day04/11/06 9Final Report04/21/06

8. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 8November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Concerns/Issues Precision of sonar sensors. (locating objects to within 5 degrees) Limited program memory space in microcontrollers. Limitations of Microchip’s C compiler. Lack of common programming constructs.

9. CS-EE 480 Fall 2005 9November, 2005 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions Accomplishments Plans Issues Questions