High-Five, Low Waste

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  3D Hand Model

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  Arduino Uno

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  AR technology displaying Buzz as a mascot

Inspiration

Our inspiration for this project was the drastic rise in room temperature during college parties from so many warm bodies being packed together in a room. Not only does this make everybody at the party hot and uncomfortable, but it is also a major waste of gas being used to heat the frat house or party room.

What it does

This brought about the idea to build a robotic device that keeps track of the number of people that enter a building on a daily basis and outlines how much heat should be outputted on average throughout the day. The robot will be stationed at the main entrance of the building and collect high-fives from each person that enters the building.

How we built it

We used TinkerCAD to design and 3D print a prosthetic arm that would be attached to our high-five robot. We then developed a circuit board with an Arduino microprocessor and a joystick sensor and programmed the joystick to detect horizontal movement. Finally we attached the arm to the joystick to simulate the interaction people would have with our high-five robot.

What's next for High-Five, Low Waste

We plan to set up the High-Five, Low Waste in public schools, malls, and other places with high populations of people all around America to reduce the wasteful energy consumption.

Built With

• ar
• arduino
• swift
• tinkercad