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Team 9 BE1200 Winter 2014 Midterm Design Process:

1. Objectives: For this midterm project, the objective was to build and design a robot that can traverse a track made up of a black line with various turns in it and to go around a red paint can and at the end to stop on a green square. 2. User requirements: The only thing that the user has to do is to press the green run button on the robot and to place it down on a white area of the track. From there, they must move the robot so that the light sensor can read the black line and commence doing its line following program. After that, the user does not have to anything else because the robot is running through the program. 3. Identify constraints: The constraints that have been placed on this project is the time frame, the amount of inputs and outputs that can be used on the robots RCX brick, which in this is case is three for both the inputs and outputs, and finally the limits of the programming language. 4. Establish functions: The functions of the robot are to traverse the track using line follow, to maneuver around the red can, and then resume following the black line, then when the robot reaches the green square, it is to stop and then play a sound signifying that it has completed the track. 5. Establish design specifications 1 RCX micro-controller w/6 AA batteries 2 Lego 9V motors 2 Lego light sensors 4 tread wheels,2 rubber caterpillar treads, 4 16T gears,4 24T gears, and 1 Lego touch sensor All components of the robot are supported by an undercarriage constructed of Lego Technic beams and pins. The RCX brick is more forward on the undercarriage to allow space for the motors.The 2 motors that power the wheels are behind the RCX and are connected to the tread wheels via 2 separate 1:1 gear ratio drive trains. On top of the RCX brick, the two light sensors and the touch sensor are mounted. The touch sensor is mounted so that it can be activated straight ahead, a slight sensor is fixed vertically aiming down to read the line, and the other light sensor is perpendicular to the brick coming out the side to read the red paint can. 6. Generate alternatives The only thing that was changed on the robot was the addition of a light sensor and giving the touch sensor a singular role which was to activate the can following programming when activated and then the newly added light sensor would take over . 8. Test and evaluate design see Testing Tables 9. Refine and optimize design see Testing Tables

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