Memorandum
| From: |
Project Manager |
| To: |
Intern Engineers |
| Subject: |
Trial run, modifications
and final design presentation |
Over the next week or two, we are on the home stretch with this
project.
Members of the National Rescue Squad will be coming to
observe how your robots will perform at one of their training exercises.
They plan to evaluate the robots the Innovo engineering intern
teams have designed and choose which model they will use for their
squad.
So
in preparation for this exercise, your intern teams will put your
robots through a trial run on a simplified rubble course, and will
hold an internal design review meeting with Innovo project managers
to discuss the progress on the robot designs. Questions for the
trial run test:
- Can your robot navigate through the rubble?
- How well can you control
your robot’s mobility? Does
your team coordinate well?
- How heavy an object can your robot handle?
Is it stable?
- Can your robot locate and sense the status of the
victims? (In the simulation, we’re just using bright
or fading light to indicate the stable or critical victim.)
For the actual exercise
with the Rescue Squad, they will set up a training simulation.
A building will have collapsed and it is known that several
victims have been trapped under the rubble. Your robot’s
mission will be to navigate through the rubble, locate the victims,
determine their status (stable or critical) and then either deliver
a small item if they are stable or try to help free them from a
piece of the rubble if they are critical. Two robots will
be sent at a time to the rescue site. Some criteria on which
the robot designs will be judged will be the timing, reliability,
and effectiveness in completing the task, along with your
coordination and teamwork. Each robot pair will be given
a maximum of 30-minutes to complete the mission.
Each team
will also have a chance to present their design and make
a case to the rescue squad explaining why your robot would
be the best “bot” for the job. Plan on 12 minutes
for this presentation with all team members participating.
Good
luck!
Deliverables
Circuit exercises from the Engineering tutorial.
Report on sensors and programming work and experiments, including
data tables from sensors and resisters experiments.
Engineering logbook documentation – how you used sensors,
motors/servos, or programming to add necessary capabilities to your
robots.
"You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."
- Yogi Berra
