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This is an image of our robot.
Inspiration
This project was inspired by search and rescue missions in which people lost their life.
What it does
This is a semi-autonomous rover that can be controlled remotely and uses artifical intelligence to search through unsafe places for survivors and other items.
How we built it
We built this using an
- arduino microcontroller
- an HC-05 controller
- 2 modified servos
- cardboard wheels and a base
- and a webcam to do the object detection
Challenges we ran into
- Our motors came factory at two different speeds so we needed to adjust the size of the wheels to accompany that
- Our original stepper motors burned out after accidentally overvolting it
- We couldn't implement the webcam due to power issues.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- Building a working robot from scratch
- Being able to get the artificial intelligence working
What we learned
- How to gear something differently
- How to communicate through bluetooth with little latency
- How to communicate through serial for arduino
What's next for Remote Explorer
- Switching to a raspberry pi so we can add the webcam on the robot
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