Completely Real Pet

Picture of our external design.

Inspiration

Everybody deserves a pet, but not everybody has the time to dedicate to one. Feeding, cleaning, taking care of its health and so many more factors can limit the amount of people with the time needed to have a real pet. This is where our project comes in, since it allows for the same interaction with little to no maintenance.

What it does

Using a MPU6050, it allows for the user to change the velocity of the moving robot.

How we built it

After what seemed like an eternity, we worked out the hardware, which consists of; wheels, an Arduino Uno board, a motor driver, hobby motors, a MPU6050, batteries and wires.

Challenges we ran into

Given this was a new experience for most of us, we ran into basically every issue possible. Initially, we had to overcome learning the language in which to input Arduino software in. Our first project idea was using a form of wireless communications using two ESP32's, however we couldn't figure out the complexities of it and had to quit it after struggling for multiple long, gruelling hours. Even after we ditched the wireless communication, we ran into trouble linking the MPU6050 with the Arduino Uno. Every bit of code we used seemed to end up with an issue, whether it came to compilation, importing, or running. Eventually it worked out at 4AM after a lot of trial and error, just not without struggle.