User:1sfoerster/enes100/fall2013/poBristelbot-501

Problem Statement (Finish description)
•The marketing of engineering within and without of HCC requires robots. Bristlebots are the original Hexbugs. The goal is to build massive quantities and then release them into the hallway outside of CL-158 and shoot a video of it as part of marketing HCC Engineering. Each student in ENES100 will make their own, engineered and crafted, Bristlebots. The best bristlebots will also be able to present at the weekly Thursday Seminar.



Conceive
Market/Customer Needs

•Attract attention to HCC Engineering through creating a swarm of robots.

•To be weird, different, and individually engineer Bristlebots.

Initial target goals

•A variety of bristlebots.

•Possibly present at the weekly Thursday Seminar.

System performance metrics

•Release up to 15 bristelbots at once from doorway of CL-158 and video them traveling down the halls in different directions.

•Also post other projects in the hallway and run everything at once.

•Create organized confusion and chaos in the hallway outside of room CL-158.

Project cost and schedule

•Make the bots out of $1 toothbrushes from the Family Dollar Store.

•We have three weeks and two weekends to complete this project.

Alternatives

•Find a less expensive robot platform.

•Find projects that require more work.

Design

 * Reverse Engineering:
 * Training video and tutorials found
 * how to make a better bristlebot
 * Alternatives
 * Use multiple brush heads
 * Use larger battery
 * Prototypes tested
 * Single brush head
 * Button battery (didn't work)
 * Double sided tape adhesive (not strong enough)
 * Final Design
 * one of the final bristlebot designs
 * another final design
 * |Adel's final video setup
 * BristleBot Project

Next Steps

 * If the projects are presentable, they will be presented at the weekly Thursday seminar. A group has to collaborate and organize their presentation in order to present at the seminar for points.
 * Make the bristlebot remote controlled and steerable.
 * Make the bristlebot able to detect obstacles and avoid/stop
 * Give them on/off buttons.
 * Use more efficient batteries.