1. The U.S.S.E Team #4 Antonio F. Alvarez Miguel A. Rivera Jose L. Gamboa Janice O. Cruz Antonio F. Alvarez Miguel A. Rivera Jose L. Gamboa Janice O. Cruz Status Report #5 March 16 th, 2009 Description: A follower robot that will assist humans.

2. Outline Need & Milestones 1 Group Tasks 2 Functional Block Diagram 3 Project Schedule 4

3. Overall Need & Design Milestones  Why is the design needed?  Assistant Carries Groceries, tools, and personal belongings Indoor project assistant  Design Milestones  Circuit Construction 1/30/09  Casing Construction2/28/09  Motors Implementation3/16/09  Programming Phase3/24/09  Final Design Stage4/13/09

4. Recent Completed Tasks Feb 27Mar 6 Mar 14 Construction of base frame Frame Construction Completed Motor controller completed Wheels and Motors Added to Frame Mar 16

5. Recent Completed Tasks Feb 5 Feb 10  Construction of device base frame

6. Recent Completed Tasks Feb 10  Machine Frame Completed!

7. Ongoing/Pending Tasks Time: March 29 Assigned: All Time: March 25 Assigned: All Time: March 24 Assigned : All Testing Interface motor controller Testing Run Code with circuitry Time: March 20 Assigned: All

8. Upcoming Tasks  Keep Working with microcontroller  Interface motors with microcontroller  Keep Working on Draft Final Report

9. Functional Block Diagram

10. Project Schedule