PAC Robot
Fall 2014
Project Parameters
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3 man team
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PIC microcontroller
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Custom electronics
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Interactive playing field
Highlights
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1st place finish, won by 2x points
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Innovative strategy copied by scores of teams including the winning teams for the last six semesters
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4 custom PCBs
My Part
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Shared responsibility for electronic design and programming
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Lead the mechanical design
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Contributed the key strategy
Project Skills
Digital circuit design, PCB design, Embedded systems, C programming, Eagle CAD, NX, Rapid prototyping, Mechanical design
For this mechatronics class competition we designed and built a custom robot from scratch including all the hardware, electronics, and code. The robot we built self-located in an area using IR light sensors, collected ping pong balls, and shot them into 1' high targets in the corners of the arena. Our unique strategy used two omniwheels that let us slide along a wall into a corner in order to orient our robot.