Intel ® Robotic Tablet Charger

1. Intel® Robotic Tablet Charger • Presenters • Hung Nguyen • Kevin Hughes • Group Members • Garrett Pauwels • Justin Carey • Nolan Igarashi • Richard Mullenburg • PSU Faculty Advisor • David Turcic, PhD • Intel Industry Advisor • Douglas Heymann, PhD

2. Overview • Mission Statement • Milestone • Product Design Specifications • External Research • Internal Research • Design Evaluation

3. Mission Statement • Design and prototype a robotic device to transport a low energy tablet to charging station for reenergizing.

4. Milestone • Finish PDS Document • Decide final concepts • Finish BOM

5. Product Design Specification • Traveling over hard surfaces and carpet. • Ability to turn up to 180° • Wirelessly travel up to 40 ft • Easy to maintain • Easy to interface the tablet to the robot • Charge the tablet when docked

6. External Research • Roomba Robot • Pros • Auto navigating system • Auto detect docking and recharging • 40ft wirelessly travel and 180 degrees turn • Cons • High cost ($350) • Require extensive modification

7. External Research • Line following technology • Pros • Low price • Easy to build • Cons • Require specific route • Not appropriate in room with many objects

8. External Research • EZ – Robot Kit • Pros • Easy customize • Friendly interface software • Affordable ($218) • Cons • Require additional board to control motors

9. Internal Research Chassis Designs

10. Internal Research Tablet Holder

11. Design Evaluation

12. Current Designs • Chassis C • Constructed out of low carbon steel sheet metal • Intel Approved Machine Shop • Holder A • Plastic • Rapid prototypedin-house by Intel

14. Next Steps • Finalize design of robot • Final design run-through • Manufacturing • Battery selection • adequate power and operation time • Further refine design of tablet charging station • Testing Charging Station Concept

15. Questions