IMDL EEL-4665 Spring 2013 Final Reports

Robot

Creator

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Mini-Dog

 

Bergschneider_Francis_P

Mini-Dog is an intelligent autonomous quadruped robot designed to follow a designated leader using color tracking.

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LandYachtBot

 

Michael Feliciano

LandYachtBot sails on land, navigating between GPS waypoints, using only the wind for propulsion.

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Batmobot

 

Anthony Incardona

BatmoBot ustilizes a grappling mechanism in order to pull itself vertically.  This enables BatmoBot to set up a security camera anywhere. Robin saw the BatmoBot and said, "Holy grappling mechanism Batman!"

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Pink Pants Stalker

 

Steven Settle

The Pink Pants Stalker can identify and follow anything pink.

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GatorRail

 

Eitan Sisso

GatorRail is designed to autonomously scan railroad track segments and report back if there are any substantial cracks on the top surface of the rail. She will do so using a special sensor array built using dial indicators and membrane potentiometers.

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KeyBot Master

 

Jenna Stallings

KeyBot Master is an autonomous robot that searches a room for missing keys.

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Guai ShuShu

 

Shengkai Kong

Guai ShuShu will give candy to children if they talk to him. Guai Shu Shu has an arm and is voice activated.

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MARS

 

Tyler Lovelly

MARS(Mobile Autonomous Robotic Sentry) is an autonomous sentry unit. He patrols his immediate vicinity, searching for human threats using facial detection. MARS then scares away the interloper by targeting and firing upon the possible threat with projectiles.

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BreakfastBot

 

David Box

BreakfastBot is a cooking robot designed to cook eggs. He uses linear actuators to position the egg solution in a pan, manipulate the spatula, and serve the cooked eggs onto a plate.

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Wall-E

 

Michelle Gilliard

Wall-E is a cousin of Disney's Wall-E. My Wall-E is capable of finding specific colored trash, collecting the trash, and storing it in his tray. He can also avoid obstacles. Wall-E's brain is a National Instruments sbRIO.

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DriMix 4ics

 

Robert Hartwell

DriMix 4ics The DriMix 4ics (Drink Mixer for Alcoholics) is an automated bar tender. While sitting at the bar, you can use your android phone to place an order. No matter where you are sitting at the bar, the robot will bring your adult beverage right into your hands. Perfect for serving multiple people at a party, or the lone drunk drowning his sorrows in a bottle.

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BallBot

 

Scott Pokorny

BallBot will find tennis balls in a given location, track their positions, and pick them up. This will be done by use of a stationary camera sending instructions to a mobile platform that will pick up tennis balls.

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BallBot

 

Jonathan Krieger

Zobot is a fully autonomous robot that will play with my cat, Zoey, during the day and prevent her from scratching the bedroom door at night. Zobot is equipped with a cat's biggest obsession, a red laser pointer. To habituate Zoey against scratching, Zobot will locate Zoey when she scratches and spray her with a compressed air duster.

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