Irobo

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Saved by Somto Ebele
on July 26, 2012 at 11:38:53 am

Inventors: Somtoo Ebele, James MacGlashing, Renic Franklin, Sule Rene-Carthy

The I-guide is a wheeled robot that is programed to start and stop at different locations in the SETC. At each stop the screen will talk and give you an overview of where you are in the center. The screen if the robot which shows an animate face will have all the information on it while talking to you so you do not miss anything. Once the message is given the robot will then automatically start up again and continue on to the next stop.Our I-guide robot uses the Scratch program, Press Fit from Fab Lab and Arduino Boards which has to do with Modkit. We need Modkit to make the robot move in different directions. Scratch is going to be used for the screen of the robot. Press fit is used for when we build in certain parts of the I-guide.

Problem/Issue being adressed: It will be giving a tour of the Learn2Teach Teach2Learn program and SETC, despite the number of visitors. We decided to design and prepare a tour using a technical object due to the fact that it is a technology center being toured

Project Summary: Our project that we will be creating is a robot mounted with a screen that displays information about the South End Technology Center which is capable at giving a tour of the Technology Center.

Pros: The good thing about this project is it will give a tour of the technology center and will reflect what our program is about and how it benefits us youth teachers to use technology productively

Cons: The difficulties about this project is the concept of trying to use Press Fit to make the screen and also trying to get the robot to move and function quickly with the heavy screen mounted on it

Modules/Incorporated Technology:

Fab Lab: We use the Fab Lab to cut out the key pieces of the design.
Modkit - a physical programming tool that can run the motors for movement

Scratch - the animation of the face

History/Sources

Other projects that is similar to the I-guide is the I-Bed and Billy the Trash Can. They are programed the same way as the I-guide. The I-Guide is programed with modkit and arduino. the only thing that might be actually different is we actually use scratch because we have a screen to our robot.

http://www.gizmag.com/nsk-four-legged-robot-guide-dog/20559/

This is something like the I-guide except it guides people in different way. This project is called the four legged robot guide dog. This project was created last year 11/21/11. The guide dog can be used for blind people and people with other disabilities.

7/11/12

Goals for the day:

1. Start the animation for the display

2. Finish a prototype for the gears and motion

3. Discover if ModKit or Arduino will be able to push the XO laptop display

7/12/12