IMDL Spring 1998 Final Papers

Robot Creator Description Final Paper
Transformer Andy Fong Sometimes, it is a tank sometimes, it is a six-leg crawling creature. It will walk around and avoid obstacles. It also likes humans. It tends to look for human to play with. When it sees a human right in front of it. It will jiggle its tail. This is my newest pet. Transformer.pdf
Shaggy Brian R. Harris Shaggy uses IR sensors and sonar to find and differentiate between golf balls and tennis balls. After collecting these objects, Shaggy will deposit them in a central location denoted by a sonar transmitting beacon. Shaggy.pdf
Tuco Carlos Collazo Tuco is an autonomous slave RC that has the ability to travel at high speeds. Tuco.pdf
RICH Charles Fedderwitz RICH, the Relatively Intelligent Coin Harvester, is a beachcomber robot. It roams around looking for coins and other metal objects to pick up. RICH.pdf
Tennis Ball Fetcher Jian Huang I designed an autonomous robot named " Tennis Ball Fetcher." Its purpose is to collect tennis ball and send it back to home base. The robot will autonomously navigate through a tennis ball field and collect the ball. Tennis_Ball_Fetcher.pdf
Argo John Ferrara Argo is an automated chauffeur robot. Argo.pdf
Rockefeller Kelly C. Krempin This robot is an autonomous coin collecting robot based on a small microcomputer. Rockefeller.pdf
Jaws Kurnia Wonoatmojo Originally, I designed this robot to collect golf or tennis balls. However, later I found out that two of my classmates are making the same robot, so, I changed my design a little bit by making it collects a particular color of balls and avoiding balls of other colors. In other words, I want to make this robot imitate a living creature (an animal). An animal would eat its favorite food and maybe avoids other things, JAWS perform the same behavior based on the color of the balls. Jaws.pdf
Fido Kevin Byrd Fido is the next generation in household pets. Ideally, he is a versatile cyber-pet that can be programmed and reprogrammed to custom match the personality and desires of its new owner. Fido can learn and adapt to its environment, display emotion and loyalty to the ones who care for it. Fido.pdf
Baby Boomer Mike Lewis The goal of this project is to design and develop an autonomous robotic vehicle that would be launched in a modified high-power model rocket kit. After launching, the robot must extract itself from the launch vehicle and perform a simple sequence of movements that would simulate exploring the landing area. The vehicle incorporates a variety of sensors that assist in the performance of these operations. BabyBoomer.pdf
The Miracle Mike Mattress The Miracle's sole function is to climb stairs. It mimics how people walk stairs, one foot at a time. Miracle.pdf

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