User:Fleri13/enes-100/project 1

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Using Arduino Uno to Create a Moving Robot'''

Week1 Narrative
Ardunio Robot Project 1 Sign In: September 22, 2014, at 11:00 am Going to Do:* Work on Presentation for Engineering Seminar * Work on build/design for our Arduino Robot * Determine Materials needed and Cost Analysis of the project

Doing: Our first project idea is an ardunio Robot

General

 * Task: Design, build, and program a working robot using arduino.

Brainstorming Ideas

 * line tracking
 * wall sensing
 * Obstacle avoiding robot
 * Temperature detecting robot
 * Pipeline fracture detecting Robot
 * Maze maneuvering robot

Durability
Any product we create will need to be durable. It will need to be able to travel and move without falling apart and stay a solid working creation.

Toughness
Without a tough robot we do not have a robot. It will need to withstand some force without crumbling.

Size
The smaller the better. A smaller size will concur a faster, easier to turn, and less bulky product. Smaller size has infinite advantages.

Complexity
As engineers we are looking to make our robot with as few moving parts as possible and keep coding short; therefore the less complex the better.

Maneuverability
The easier it is for the robot to move and turn the easier it will be to keep the other specifications in order.

Cost
Completing the project on a college student budget means that we keeps costs to a minimum and try to build it out of salvaged parts. Nonetheless a integral specification that makes all the difference in projects.

Estimated Development Time
Limited amount of time means picking and choosing what to do when. After all, meeting deadlines is part of being an engineer.

Obstacle Avoiding Robot (Subject to change)
*According to our decision matrix, this was the best and simplistic decision. *Simple *Intro to arduino to build on    *Intro to bread boarding and circuitry

Materials

 * Arduino Uno
 * Ardunio Motor Shield
 * 2 Servo Motors (One for each wheel)
 * Sonar/Distance sensor
 * Bluetooth Slave
 * Bread board and wires
 * Body/vehicles
 * Wires

Document research and progress on Wikiversity

 * A progressive Google Drive Presentation of all documented work also available at | Ardunio Robot Presentation

Rant: *The Presentations have turned into a competition to see who has the best project *Need more design ideas, have hit a roadblock regarding different ways to build robot. *Need to Update Journal further. Sign out: September 22, at 12:59 pm

Sign in: September 22, 2014 at 11:00 am Going to do: *Finish up and present our project to the class and see who will present at the Seminar tomorrow *Sketch some designs of our potential Robot *Complete Design Matrix Doing: *We presented our project first to the entire class. The Presentation was goo, teacher said that there was very little to improve on. Lets see how the other student's presentations turn out. *Group two has presented on Tic-Tac-Toe project, it was a very good presentation/project, have a prototype, likely to win. *Group three has presented on their moving Arduino robot like our group. Gathered some good ideas from them *Group four has presented on Tic-Tac-Toe project, not as good as group two's presentation, but their group just formed. *After voting has ended, group two has will present tomorrow at the Engineering Seminar *Sketched potential design in our Engineering Notebook. *Finalize Desion Matrix for our Arduino Robot: Can be found here | Ardunio Robot Presentation Rant: *We did not win the competition and will no be presenting tomorrow at the seminar. *We have decided that we will be making he obstacle avoiding Arduino Robot. *Work on project will start on Monday. *This project will be very fun, a great learning experience, and will be very interesting. *Research further about Arduino Programming and Breadboading. Sign Out: September 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Week2 Narrative
Sign in: October 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Going to do:
 * Brainstorm sketches for the design of our robot.
 * Program the Arduino uno some more.

Doing:
 * We started with some potential designs for the front of our car.(Images will come at a later date)
 * For the coding aspect, we will have to understand it further
 * We are learning how to program distance/sonar on an Arduino
 * Ideally it will be able to turn in both directions and read using the sonar sensor(It can detect the distance)
 * Finally, we programmed the back wheels of the car with an Arduinio to move both back and forward.

Rant: Sign out: Thursday October 2, at 3:00 pm
 * We programmed the back wheels of the Arduino robot to move so that is good.
 * Should we go with the supporting ball or only two sized wheels? OR stick with the body we have.
 * We are running into an idea road block on how to make the front wheel(s).
 * Maybe our teacher can give us another idea.

Week3 Narrative
Sign in: October 6,2014 at 11:00 am

Going to do:
 * Get our parts to our robot and continue building the robot.
 * Decide whether to use one wheel in the front of our car or two wheels.
 * Continue building our arduino robot.

Doing:
 * We went to go get our robot out of our designed space with our names on it, and it was not there.
 * We looked all over the engineering lab for our parts to our arduino robot, but it was nowhere to be found.
 * We talked to professor Ali about our stolen parts to our robot.
 * We also talked to John about our stolen parts and we looked around the Engineering lab for our Robot parts but could not find them anywhere.
 * So now we are back to square one on our project with two weeks to go.

Rant:
 * Today we planned on working on our project after class but all of our parts to our robot were stolen.
 * We lost our arduino uno, the body to our car, our dc motors that made the back wheels of our car move and an arduino shield.
 * We are very upset because we just lost two weeks worth of work on our project by losing everything.
 * The security in the HCC Engineering lab is disappointing because we had our project was in our designed space with our names on it and it still was stolen from us with no regard for our project of our stuff.
 * We now have to put together this project in 2 weeks while having to find completely new parts quickly in order to build a new robot within 2 weeks.
 * Hopefully we can finish our project in a short amount o time and still receive a good grade.

Sign out: October 6,2014 at 1:20 pm

Sign in: October 8, 2014 at 11:00 am

Going to do:
 * Get new materials for our project.
 * Design what our final robot will look like.

Doing:
 * So we gathered up all of the materials we needed around the lab and found these parts.
 * We found:
 * A sonar sensor
 * A mini breadboard
 * A some servo motors
 * A new Arduino
 * A new motor shield

Rant:
 * So we designed our new robot and gather or materials
 * We now have everything we need and one member will start building and programming over the weeks
 * Today was a good day overall because we found all of our parts and competing our design
 * Now we can start building our robot

Sign out: October 8, 2014 at 1:20pm


 * We then designed what our new robot would

Week4 Narrative
''Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the first weekend. Link to any wiki pages you edited, videos created. Upload any pictures taken. Compare your task with what you actually did and write what you feel are the next steps.''