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Annelise's Laundry Robot

My Project

For my project, I created an amazing LAUNDRY ROBOT

Results

My robot was supposed to drive around a room, picking up socks as it moved. It should have grabbed the laundry with its claw, used a photoreceptor to sense whether the luandry was white or black, and put it into two respective baskets on its back.

My final results were close to what I had planned. It did drive in a spiral pattern, and often (but sometimes not) found the socks. It wasn't able to sort them as well as I would have liked, and the continuous rotation servo motor that spun the claw wasn't actually strong enough to move it all the way around. This being said, I am very proud of my robot!

Check out the more detailed analyses of each task below.

Task Description (click for final analysis of each step) Percent Progress Estimated Completion Date Actual Completion Date ( early / late)
Manage Task Stay on top of the project's due dates, manage my time 100% throughout Egghunt January 22nd (project ends)
Build Arm Create and attatch a robotic arm 100% Jan 10 Jan 12
Operate servos control the arm using three different servo motors 100% January 12 January 21
detect socks Use distance sensor to detect when arm is above a sock 100% Jan 14 January 18
detect sock color be able to sense the color of the sock 80% Jan 15 not complete
arm motion create programs that control arm motion for both colored socks 100% Jan 18 Jan 20
create search pattern program a search pattern for the robot to use 90% Jan 20 Jan 22
flow chart create a full flow chart for how the program will run 50% Jan 20 not complete
debug! fix the errors in my code ongoing ongoing ongoing

Lessons Learned

  | Learning Lessons

They're so numerous that I can't write them all down! Some are...

  • many individual functions make the robot's code MUCH simpler
  • how to use a drill
  • the usefulness of zip ties
  • a better understanding of the different steps required in designing things like robot arms
  • the importance of counterweights
  • I'm better at using different types of loops in my coding!
  • hot glue is your friend
  • PATIENCE

My Code and Flowchart

Flowchart (Microsoft Excel) Δ

Final code (Text file) Δ


Presenting the bot

Weekly Reports

WEEK ONE

WEEK TWO

FINAL PRESENTATION

Annelise's Practical Exam

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