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1 ROBORALLY DESIGN DOCUMENT TEAM NAME (SELECT TEAM NAME TO NAVIGATE TO THE TEAM S DESIGN DOCUMENT) Sample Design Document GodsofWars MightyDuck Pickaxe RoboJE SKulkers Team Rain

2 SAMPLE RoboRally Design Document: BETA_72 RoboRally Design Document Research: In the first section, students will answer a research question related to their project. They will be scored on how well they research the topic, provide specific examples and cite their sources. (3 or more reliable sources). Students should also describe how their research relates to their own project. Each of the events will have its own research topic for students to investigate. Research Topics: Battle Bots: Robotics in the Military Block Bots: Robotics in Medicine Robo Rally: Robotics in Space Exploration Line Follower: Self Driving Cars Specifications: Robot Dimensions: (must be less than 12 x12 x12 ) Length: 10 Width: 9 Height: 10 Pictures of Robot: Main Components: 2 motors (B and C) to drive 1 motor (A) to turn ultrasonic sensor 1 ultrasonic sensor 1 light sensor 2 medium tires with rough tread 1 small grey wheel on back Programming: Our program uses two light sensors to look for the line. If they see white (brighter than 50%) they tell their

3 motor (A or B) to drive forward at 90% power. When the light sensors sees black (darker than 50%), they tell their motor to stop which makes the robot pivot and turn to stay on the line. Both motors run on a loop until the touch sensor is pushed when the robot bumps into the brick. At that point, the robot backs up 2 rotations at 90% power to position itself to fire the missile. We added a wait block for 1 second to make sure the robot is in position, and then motor A does 0.5 rotations to fire the missile at the target. Testing: Students will explain the testing of their robot and what modifications they made to improve its speed, accuracy, or attack (BattleBots). This should include physical changes to the robot such as changing the wheels, modifications to the missile/attack arm or even redesigning the robot. It should also include specific changes to the programming. Students should include a data table showing the results of different trials. Trial Time Adjustments s First successful completion of the course s Increased the distance between the sensors to 14cm s Decreased the distance between the sensors to 12cm s Increased the power on the motors to 80% s Increased the power on the motors to 90% END SAMPLE

4 Team: GodofWars Robo Rally Today robots are being use for space exploration. The website states that "NASA tests robots for exploration in areas called analogs. Analogs are places where the environment is similar to locations like Mars or the moon, where a robot may be used." One robot is Curiosity. The website states that "Curiosity is not your ordinary rover. It's bigger than a small car. The rover comes equipped "standard" with six-wheel rocker-bogie suspension and multiple camera systems, and its power supply doesn't rely on solar panels." Curiosity has a radioisotope power generator which gives it energy to travel around the red plant. Another robot is the Hedgehog. The website states that "Hedgehog is designed to explore small bodies, such as asteroids or comets. These have very little gravity and extremely rough terrain. Instead of rolling, Hedgehog hops and tumbles." The Hedgehog can use any of it sides to operate. If the Hedgehog fall into a deep crater it will use a tornado-like maneuver to get out. The last robot in this list is the Robonaut. This robot was constructed to have a humanoid figure and it has many job. Nasa sent Robonaut to a space shuttle to see how he operates in space. The website states that "Robonaut has a head, torso, arms and hands like a person. Cameras in the head provide vision. Robonaut is called a dexterous robot because its hands and Robot fingers Dimensions: move like a person's. So Robonaut can perform tasks designed to be done by human Length: hands. Specifications: Width: Height: Pictures of Robot: Main Components: 2 motors (A and B) to drive

5 1 motor (D) to move claw, etc. 1 claw 1 helicopter 2 medium tires with 4 rubber bands 1 small marble on back Programming: My team uses Mindstorms to program control my robot. The programs I use are to pop the balloon move the block and shoot a missile. Testing: Trial Time Adjustments s First successful completion of the course s Decreased the power of motor a by 50% s Decreased the time s Increased the power on the motors to 80% s Increased the power on the motors to 90%

6 Team: MightDucks Design Document For CJ Bergen and Julio Castillo Research: Robots are becoming one of the easiest and safer ways to explore space. According to robots are an easy thing to send to space and they don t have to worry very much about the robot s safety. On the other hand, if humans are in space their safety is more valuable than the safety of a robot that can be rebuilt. Also, robots are a cheaper way to send someone into space. If a human is sent they have to shower, use the restroom, eat, drink, and do many other basic things. With a robot you can leave it for years in space and it still works great. You don t even need to plan for a return trip you can just leave it in outer space and forget about at no serious cost. One of the newest robots that Nasa is developing is called Puffer which stands for Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Rover. It is able to sense its surroundings and respond accordingly. If something is very small it will bend its wheels so they are not straight up and down and it will go under it. It can even climb over some objects using its wheels. Another robot that Nasa is designed is called Bruie, Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration. Bruie can float in water and it can drive on the underside of ice all the while taking pictures of everything that it sees. Nasa hopes that someday this robot will be able to go on icy planets and search for life. Most of Nasa s robots look somewhat alike but Hedgehog is very much different. It is like almost like a cube with pointers coming out from every corner. Instead of rolling around on wheels it hops or tumbles from place to place. Even if it lands in a crater it can do a tornado like maneuver and launch itself back out of the crater. Another website that I found is, me/index.html. It talks a lot about analogs which is a place similar to where a robot will be sent where they are tested. One of the Nasa testing sites is in Arizona. Scientists conduct experiments to make their robots more efficient and get new ideas on how to solve old problems. Some of the tests that are conducted are called desert RATS, Desert Research And Technology Studies. One of the robots designed this way is Curiosity which is a rover that is on Mars. It is about the size of a small car and has 6 wheels which allow it to drive on Mars. Also, it has multiple cameras on it that document everything that the robot sees. Also, ion/robots-in-space/ has a lot of information on robots that have explored space. In 1970 Venera 7 landed on Venus and became the first unmanned probe to make it to Venus and transmit data back to Earth. Later, Voyager 1 & 2 headed to Jupiter and then to Saturn. It is still out there in

7 space reporting data back to Earth. Finally, it talks about two identical Nasa rovers that landed on Mars in Our robot is in a way like these robots, because both have been designed for special tasks. Also, we know that not just our robot has had lots of programming and design issues. That happens with just about everything that is designed. Specifications: Length: 6 in Width: 6.75 in Height: 5.25 in 2 motors in port A and B for moving 2 tires that are connected to motors A and B 1 3d printed piece for the block drop Block Drop Tool Block Sweep Tool Missile Launcher Missile Sweeper Balloon Popper 1 tack 1 motor for different missions in port C Programming:

8 There are five missions that are used for Robot C. Those are popping a balloon, grabbing a block with a 3d printed piece and throwing it off of the table, getting our opponents block off of the center brick, launching a lego missile at a target, and sweeping our opponents launched missile off of the target. Balloon Pop: First, our robot moves forward to right in front of the brick. Then it waits 1 second and swings the arm in motor C forward to pop the balloon waits 1 more second and then it brings the arm back. Finally, it comes back to the starting zone so we can send it back to do another mission. Block Drop: This program is definitely the hardest to make because the robot has to move the exact same way every time. We have our robot more forward, turn, and move forward again then it moves the arm up and grabs the block on it. After that it backs up and throws the block backwards off of the table. Finally, it turns and makes it back to the home base. Missile Launch: This program isn t very hard to make because all we have to do is make our robot move forward and then it fires the missile and moves backwards. The one hard thing about it is to get the right weight on the missile so it won t bounce too much and go past the target.

9 Missile Sweep: This program can be one of the most important programs because if it is used at the right time it can cause your opponent to lose a lot of points. It is pretty simple we just have our robot move forward with a wall on it to get the missiles off of the target and then we have the robot drive backwards into the starting area. Block Sweep: This program can also be key, because it can make your opponents lose a few points too. What our robot does is move forward with an arm extended and then it turns one way and then the other way to sweep off our opponents block off of the brick. Then it backs up back into the starting zone. Testing: Change Number Adjustment and why it is made Result

10 1 Made the basic design of our robot with an arm for the block, an arm to pop the balloon, and a way to fire the missile. 2 Changed the design for the missile launcher to make it into the center of the target more. Also, we made a new arm with a 3d Printed piece to grab the block. 3 Changed the configuration of the block grabber and balloon popper to increase the power. Worked pretty good for a basic design. Launches missiles much more accurately. Also, we can now do the block drop mission with the 3d printed piece. Increased power and made the balloon pop program faster. Also, allowed for more control on the block drop mission. 4 Created the missile sweeper attachment. Now our can get rid of our opponents missiles. 5 Made the missile sweeper attachment a little smaller so it wouldn t scrape against the ground and slow our robot. Allowed our robot to move more because the missile sweeper didn t brush against the ground. Test Number Adjustment and why it is made Result 6 Made the block sweep tool longer to allow for more reach when sweeping off other people s blocks. Can get people s blocks off of the bricks from a longer range.

11 Team: PickAxe RoboRallyDesignDocument Research:. Introduction: There has been many consumes about what comes in and out of space. Have you ever thought if there are robots in other planets instead of Earth? Today I will cover the two robots that had a job in the planet know as mars. Dextre: According to Dextre was a robot who has a job to preform maintenance work and repairs like changing batteries and replacing cameras outside the ISS. He was assembled by Macdonald, Dettwiler, and associated ltd in Brampton Ontorio. If you would be wondering his full name is Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. Dextre is a dual armed robot, part of Canada's contribution to the station at a price over $200 million. He is also programed by Canadian robotics planners at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, where he prepares all the robotics handyman's activities and the software he needs to get the job done. Spirit: According to date that the robot Spirit launched in space is on June Spirit the robot had also landed with Opportunity. His real name is MER-A. During his mission he has eventually gotten stuck in soft soil at the site called "Troy". The communication from Spirit stopped on March 22,2010. The end of the mission was on March 22,2010. Specifications:. Robot Dimensions: Length: 8in

12 Width:4.5in Height: 7.5in Pictures of Robot: Front View: side View: Back side: Main Components: 2 motor to c and b 1 light sensor to claw 2 :medium tires with rough tread 1 small grey;;; wheel on backeeeee Programming: The program my team used was Lego Mindstorms. The way we have been controlling our robot Is by a wireless computer. First, we had to code the routes for the robots. Then we had to download it to the robot and see if all the moves were

13 right and perfect. Then is there were any mistakes we would have to go back and fix them, then we would do it all over again. Testing: First, the most important part is to build the robot which is what we did. The first couple times making the speed and popping the balloon we failed. So after that we tried again and again and after a while we accomplished it and went back and made some more improvements. After the needle we worked on the claw which gave us many complications. So after all the complications and mistakes we still made it thought it and worked hard to complete the robot. Trial Time Adjustments 1 15 s Fixed codes so robot would reach the balloon s Adjusted thumb tack to pop balloon s Adjusted height of needle s Adjusted speed of robot to 60% s Adjusted claw to grab block

14 Team: RoboJE Robo Rally Design Document The Mars Curiosity rover is one of the best rovers that NASA has sent to mars it is equipped with 6 wheels rocker-boogie and several camera systems in it also has solar panels to protect it. It uses radioisotope power Generator so it could be on their longer and travel even farther. This rover has done complete missions and has discovered other things. It has very expansive suite science instruments. last, this rover delivers things with a special arm on it this relates to our bot because it has an arm that shoots missile so it relates to this Mars

15 New Horizons is a space craft that landed on Pluto on July 14,2015. The spacecraft was launched on January 19,2006. The space craft is allowing the U.S. to complete the initial reconnaissance of the solar system. As a result now we have more pictures of our solar system. New Horizons is to understand where Pluto and its moons are with the other objects in the solar system. Using Hubble Space Telescope images by the New Horizons team members had discovered four previously unknown moons of Pluto. The robotic spacecraft is a uncrewed spacecraft and is usually under telerobotic this robotic spacecraft is a

16 messenger in mercury. It has been through some other planets such as Venus and Jupiter. This is a robotic involved with other science measurement's it is often called space probe. Last This spacecraft is similar to a spacecraft called the new horizons as well and has experienced other planets as well also this space craft has also been in outer space planets like Neptune to. Sources: ors/robotics/home/index.html horizons/overview/index.html ecraft Specifications: Length: 11.5 Width: 8 Height: 7 "

17 The front Left side Birds eye Backside Main Components: 1 motor {D} 1 motor for the arm {A}

18 1 stirring box {B} 2 big fat wheels 2 small wheels in the front A brain Balloon pop\switch on missals/block dumped Missals launcher 1 tac This is for block dump This is for missle launch

19 Missle sweep Ballon pop

20 MATCH # RESULT MODIFICATION 1 LOSS ADD MORE ROTATIONS TO MISSALS SEEP 2 WON TOOK 1 ROTATION ON BALLON POP 3 Won Took 2 rotations for the block Dump and it worked 4 Loss We put to many rotations in the Balloon pop 5 Won We did are missions with the right rotations and we were successful in the missile launch Testing Paragraph The first one we had trouble with writing the missions and had the sweep at too many rotations and lost. are 2nd we won we fixed are missile sweep and did the right rotations in are Balloon pop and won. Are 3 rd

21 we won we did a good job in the block dumb and we had a successful battle and won. Are 4 th we lost because we put too many rotations in our balloon mision and did not get the points and lost. The last 5 th one we won because we had all are mission written right and we won.

22 Team: Skulkers robot rally. Research: Robots that are still used today have started off great so great they went out to space. one name of a robot is Viking 1. This robot is the first to land on mars as a robot and the first to orbit mars. viking ones mission on mars was to collect soil samples to study it. Robots have been to space more than astronaut since they were created. Robots have gone to Venus moon mars Jupiter titan and more. Robots have gone to space more than astronauts it s amazing how robots evolved and helped us explore our universe. These robots were so helpful he and his twin are still in space exploring. They were called voyager one and two and there only mission was to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Until Nasa changed that and made there mission to exsplore our universe and send them us INFO. Even though these two are always separate they always find new info a month or weeks. Robo Rally: Robotic Space Exploration Specifications: Robot Dimensions: Length: 12 ½ in Width: 41/2 in Height: 10

23 Main Components: 2 motors (B and C) to drive 1 motor (A) to turn ultrasonic sensor 2 medium tires with rough tread 1 small grey wheel on back 1 claw on top and facing in front of robot Programming: we're using a app called robo cam the phone is the camera and the laptop is connected Testing: Trial Time Adjustments

24 Team: Team Rain Robo Rally Design Document Team Rain For decades robots were used to explore the outer world of space, nations across the world challenging each other trying to be the first nation to discover more and more about space and its secrets behind it with their new inventions. Nations creating new robots to explore more further into space. Rover is a bot that can be used as scouts to check out new areas, and landscape. July 4, 1997 the first robot to explore mars, known as Sojourner one of NASA's bot. Robots in space may be the future to our society, if they are able to make or find a place in space where us humans can live. Curiosity is another bot that is designed to explore gale craters on mars. Curiosity design will serve as the support for the planned mission to mars in Dextre was launched in March 11, 2008 and yet today it is still active in space, Dextre was the most highly developed robot ever built. It was built to maintain work and repairs on the International Space Station (ISS), it could replace cameras outside of the ISS giving astronauts more time to work on science. Robots in space are robotic arms on spacecrafts that could move large objects in space like a space rocks in Mars. Someone in mission control must control these robotics arms in order for it to

25 operate, they follow the commands people send to the robot. They can be used as scouts to check out whatever planet it lands on except those planets that are made of gas. The robots have many mechanisms for every obstacle the stumbles across. Each robot can have different mechanics depending on what kind of environment it's on. Space robots have the ability to drive on unknown terrain like a rocky environment and large rocks. They could grab some items they find in the planet depending on size of the robot and the item. Once it grabs that item it stores it somewhere in the robot. Though today robots are operated either by us humans commanding it what to do or by teleoperation, which means it could continuous remote control of a manipulator. These space robots can be operated by not only just one person but It can be controlled by 2 to 3 people, one person operates the camera, and one person operates the movement of the robot. Specification: Length: 11 Width: 9.1

26 Height: 7.5

27 2 Large Motors to drive and steer (Components A and D) 1 Large Motor triggers missile launcher (Component C) 1 Pivot Ball on the rear bottom of the battery 1 Battery 1 Sweeper on the front of the bot 1 Missile Launcher Testing: Our bot started as a EV3 brain at the very beginning. We started to add two large motors though it turned out to be unstable, so we made it more stabilized. Then we went on the arm I made the arm where we can position and angle where ever we want to grab the block, it could also trigger the missile launcher in that one arm. Data Table: Missions Results Adjustments 1 Unstable Stabilized the arm to carry the brick Arm 2 Knocked Tower Adjusted speed and rotations Increase Motor Speed on Port C 3 Couldn't throw brick 4 Motor didn t trigger missile Increased rotations on port C

28 5 Missile missed Angled and Adjusted the Missile Programming We used this programming software called Lego Mindstorms EDU Ev3. You can drag the box into your program changing the speed and rotations on the motor. Missile Launch Mission

29 Block Throw Mission Balloon Pop Mission

30 Missile Sweep Mission