To Space With AR-D

In a world before the invention of the smartphone, what did people consider a smart phone to be? Introducing Ar-D, a multipurpose communication device built from the success of the 1970s brick phone.

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Inspiration

Initially, our team had three total ideas: a futuristic car (flying car), wearable technology, or a robot. After brainstorming ideas on how each idea can be implemented with our supplies. Our team finalized our decision with the robot idea. We got inspiration from the movie "WALL-E" and wanted to base our robot on the movie.

What it does

The function of the robot is that it has a membrain keypad in the front which has three functions. The first function allows the user to call, the next function allows the user to measure distance in centimeters and the last function allows the user to "defend" themselves with a laser.

How we built it

For the initial idea, we came up with combining sensors, servos, breadboard, Arduino (Mega 2560), Arduino (Uno R3), and a stepper motor. We thought of 3D printing a frame to put all of the hardware components into or to build our frame out of Legos. In the end, we finalized our prototype to be built and placed in a small cardboard box. For our final prototype, we condensed the box and used two more electrical components: a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and Ultra Sonic sensor.

Challenges we ran into

While developing our initial prototype, we ran into a lot of problems. One of the first problems we had was implementing Bluetooth into our robot, so we had to scratch that idea. For the servo motors, had problems running the motors where they would run constantly. Another problem we had was the DC motor. The wires broke off so we had to strip off the wire. We had the lack of tools so we had to strip off the wire with scissors. We also ran into problems combining all of the electrical components together into the box and building the frame. When we were combining the components into the box, the wires kept falling out and the functions of the robot kept failing.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The accomplishment that we are all most proud of was making the final product in less than 24 hours that functions.

What we learned

We learn about the limitations of the C++ library and the Arduino library.

What's next for To Space With AR-D

The next step is to have more functionality and more tools for the future.

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