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Robotics History 2021

2021: BACON
(Beacon All-Terrain Communicating Operational Navigator)

  • 3 Robots total: A mothership and 2 drones
  • Sensors on mothership: 3 Ultrasonics, 3 Infrareds, 1 Tilt, 1 Compass, 1 Xbee
  • Sensors on each of two drones: 2 Ultrasonics, 1 Infrared, 1 Tilt, 1 Compass, 1 Xbee
  • Sensors on beacon: Pixy2 Sensor, 1 Xbee
  • 3 Custom Printed Circuit Boards
  • Language: Propeller C and Arduino C
  • All Wheels 3D Printed
  • Drone Bodies 3D Printed
  • Mothership cut from acrylic

Completed all 6 courses of our own design, since we went to the Sand Dunes by ourselves.
Successfully loaded and unloaded drones from the mothership.
Semi-successfully mapped locations of obstacles.

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