Ed Chu

1
The Fab Five

• Ed Chu
• Justin Milks
• Kevin Patel
• Rachel Bittenmiller
• Shawn Hymel

2
Behemoth

• The robot
• Subsystem design
• Ed - Locomotion
• Justin - Bump sensing
• Kevin - Pushing
• Rachel - Optical sensor
• Shawn - Shooter

3
Design Process

• Brainstorming
• Isolated groups
• Decision making
• Pugh matrices biased
• Team skills
• Minutes helpful
• Agendas not useful
• No defined roles

Bump Sensor
Shooter Design
4
Review, Revision, and Verification

• Constant process
• Design, build, test, redesign
• Verification done constantly
• Better documentation for testing

5
Lessons Learned

• Constant verification
• Testing subsystems
• Finalized design
• Relaxed team roles
• More formalized testing
• Better container for robot
• Single format for documentation
• Role reassignment

6
Conclusions

• Team work and responsibilities
• Formal process
• Too formal for small scale
• Applicable to large scale
• Role of the engineer

7
Mindstorm Gladiators

• Soccer shoot-out
• Offense
• Shoots from fixed locations
• Points granted on successful goal
• Defense
• Contained in goalie box
• Human controlled via IR
• Roles switch
• Same design for both
• Completion time is tie breaker
• Tournament