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Group Members : Ian McClain-Sewer, Juliya Golubovich, Tasnim Pinky Mentor: Professor Kapila

Smart Vacuum Cleaner. Group Members : Ian McClain-Sewer, Juliya Golubovich, Tasnim Pinky Mentor: Professor Kapila Date : 8/16/02. Overview. Project Description Mechatronics Earth Measurements Robotics Progress Report Building Our Dust-O-Bot Problems/Improvements

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Group Members : Ian McClain-Sewer, Juliya Golubovich, Tasnim Pinky Mentor: Professor Kapila

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  1. Smart Vacuum Cleaner Group Members: Ian McClain-Sewer, Juliya Golubovich, Tasnim Pinky Mentor: Professor Kapila Date: 8/16/02

  2. Overview • Project Description Mechatronics Earth Measurements Robotics • Progress Report • Building Our Dust-O-Bot • Problems/Improvements • MS Project • Future Research

  3. Automated Vacuum Cleaner • What is automation? • A field called Mechatronics • What is a Micro-controller? • Making our lives easier with Mechatronics.

  4. Getting Familiar with Mechatronics • Lectures • Experiments • What is a Micro-controller? • Basic Analog and Digital • Robotics • Earth Measurements

  5. Building Our Dust-O-Bot • Cutting the Plexiglas • Attaching motors to wheels • Building circuitry • Writing program • Calibrating wheels • Testing: Does it do what its supposed to do? • Fixing any problems

  6. Automated Vacuum Cleaner: First Design • Parts required: • Plexiglas • Relay • Potentiometer • Resistors • Capacitors • 2 Motors • Working dust buster • Breadboard • Computer: PBasic • Rechargeable Batteries • 3 Wheels • IR Sensor • Wires • “Board of education”

  7. Problems/Improvements • Weak Motors • Motors with gears inside • Mistimed turns (5 sec) • Left: 5060 • Right: 4980 • Hit wall on left turn • Cut off corners: round shape

  8. Automated Vacuum Cleaner: Parts Required for the Second Design (1) Rev A Board of Education (1) Breadboard (2) 100 µF capacitors (2) 4.7 k +- 5% resistors (1) 220  resistor (2) .01 µF capacitors (2) LED’s (1) NPN transistor (2) 5V DC Single Pulse Single Throw relays (1) on/off switch (2) 3.9 resistors (1) 47 resistor

  9. Automated Vacuum Cleaner:Parts Required for the Second Design (continued) (1) IR transmitter (1) IR detector (1) BASIC Stamp II (Micro-controller) (2) 36V DC motors (with gears) (1) Black and Decker 2.4V Dustbuster (1) Castor wheel (1) 14” X 11.5” X 0.25” plexi-glass (1) rubber pipe (2) 5.25” wheels (1) 9.6V battery (2) L-shaped aluminum (1) computer (with pBASIC)

  10. MS Project

  11. Future ResearchDust-O-Bot • Program a stop • Extra sensor • Program a back move • Go around furniture • Extra sound sensor

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