Robot Run

ROBOT!

Inspiration

The inspiration began with the concept of a maze-like game, but quickly evolved into a more practical discussion of the merits of mazes. This robot was born of a desire to solve puzzles, an impetus of the curious mind.

What it does

Solves a closed maze by an unoptimized route utilizing an ultrasound range sensor.

How we built it

We began with a chassis and a dream, then through the application of an Arduino, and liberal amounts of tape, hope, and perseverance, we turned it into a reality.

Challenges we ran into

It was especially challenging to learn all of the Arduino IDE that we did in such a short time, and thus the application also gave us challenge as we were unsure as to best practices, and struggled along many dead end roads before finding what we felt was functional.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The construction of the maze itself is an impressive feat of engineering due to the materials and restrictions placed on it by the design of the robot, and also the application of technologies nobody in our group was familiar with was enlightening.