Team Paragon Individual Concepts September 7, 2004

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Team ParagonIndividual ConceptsSeptember 7, 2004

• Presented By
• Steve DeLosh
• Greg Mericsko

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Subsystems

• Frame/Housing
• Mobility
• Controls
• Sniffing

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Frame/Housing

• Car Design
• Box
• Complete enclosure
• Board
• Only enclose electronic components
• Material
• Acrylic, Aluminum, Plywood, PVC
• Crane Design

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Mobility

• Car Design
• 4 Wheels
• 2 Independently Powered Wheels
• 3 Wheels
• 2 Independently Powered Wheels
• Wheel Type
• Solid Tires
• Air Filled Tires
• All terrain or street tire
• Crane Design
• Pneumatic, Servo Links, Telescoping Boom
• Powered by D.C motor

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Controls

• Car Design
• 90 Degree Method
• Convert Polar Coordinates to X,Y
• All movement along X,Y axes
• Measuring Distance counter
• Internal Magnetic Compass
• Car proceeds directly to mine
• Go and Return
• Uses Polar Coordinates, Returns to origin after
  each inspection

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Sniffing

• Independent of Microprocessor
• Activates indicator (light or noise) upon
  detection
• Hardwired to Microprocessor
• Stores live mine data
• Retractable Arm
• Stationary or Sweeping