The Quintessentials

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The Quintessentials
Toy Lim Maryfe Culiat Scott Bonilla David
Rhodes Dylan Ichikawa
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Micromouse

• Our objective is to build an autonomous robot
  that can solve a complicated maze.
• To learn practical engineering methodology.
• To have fun.

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Block Diagram of Project
Mouse
Hardware
Software
Sensing
Counting
Circuitry
Chassis
Mapping
Sensor Specifications and Placement
Motor Speed and Control
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Sensor Specifications

• Sensor model QRD1114
• Old effective range 1.2 cm
• New effective range 2.0 cm
• Very sensitive ?

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Sensor Placement

• The sensors will be all top-down sensors.
• There will be eight sensors in all.
• - 2 Middle sensors
• - 3 Front Right sensors
• - 3 Front Left sensors
• - No back sensors

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Sensor Placement Diagram
Front Left
Front Right
Middle
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
Key 1 Outside wall detection 2 Inside wall
detection 3 Alignment sensors 4 Safety sensor
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Motor Speed and Control
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What is left to finish?

• Hardware
• - Circuitry
• - Device placements
• - Putting mouse together
• Software
• - Mapping/Solving program
• - Turning
• - Sensing

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Timeline

• Circuitry and Sensing program
• due March 14, 2005
• Fully Assembled mouse
• due March 26, 2005
• Mapping Program
• due March 28, 2005
• Debugging/Perfecting-
• due May 5, 2005

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