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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 1
Table of Figures .............................................................................................................. 2
Table of Tables ............................................................................................................... 2
1 History/Background .................................................................................................. 3
2 Problem Statement ................................................................................................... 5
2.1 General .............................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Robot Characteristics ......................................................................................... 5
2.3 Playground Characteristics ................................................................................ 6
2.4 General Constraints ........................................................................................... 7
3 Alternative Solutions ................................................................................................. 9
3.1 General .............................................................................................................. 9
3.2 Design ................................................................................................................ 9
3.2.1 Carbot ............................................................................................................. 9
3.2.2 Circlebot ........................................................................................................ 10
3.2.3 Wall-E Bot ..................................................................................................... 11
4 Proposed Design .................................................................................................... 13
4.1 General ............................................................................................................ 13
4.2 Block Diagram .................................................................................................. 13
4.3 Schematic ........................................................................................................ 14
4.4 Components ..................................................................................................... 15
4.4.1 Hardware Components ................................................................................. 15
4.4.2 Electrical Components .................................................................................. 15
4.5 Technical Drawings .......................................................................................... 17
4.6 Software ........................................................................................................... 18
4.6.1 Basic Robot Behaviour ................................................................................. 18
4.6.2 Flowchart ...................................................................................................... 18
4.6.3 Pseudocode .................................................................................................. 23
5 Testing and Results ................................................................................................ 27
5.1 Line Sensors .................................................................................................... 27
5.2 Robot Start-up .................................................................................................. 28
5.3 IR Sensors ....................................................................................................... 28
5.4 Robot Lifted From Ground ............................................................................... 28
5.5 Contact Switches ............................................................................................. 29
5.6 Design Changes............................................................................................... 30
6 Work Breakdown Structure ..................................................................................... 31
6.1 Team Biographies ............................................................................................ 31
6.1.1 Andrew Evans ............................................................................................... 31
6.1.2 Thomas Hayes .............................................................................................. 31
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