Mechatronics Autonomous Minesweeper
This contest was the final exam for the mechatronics class that I taught the fall of 2007. The object of the contest was to find five white blocks, pick them up, and move them to the black edge of the contest field as quickly as possible.
The students were all
given the same base Rokenbok Transgripper toy car to begin their project and
were not allowed to change the drive system. They were required to take
out the radio control and rely solely on the microprocessor to control the
vehicle without any outside influences.
They were, of course, allowed to add sensors to find the block and
detect black and white. Penalties were
assessed for touching blocks that were not picked up and for pushing blocks to
the edge without picking them up.
Original Rockenbok Transgripper
Each
student was given four runs, and the best run for each student can be found
below.
Chris
rife was declared the winner by 3 seconds.