Introduction

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The goal of this project was to design a robot that would be ideal in natural disasters.  Microphones were attached to the robot so when it would hear any noise or sound, the robot would go and follow it.  The microphones would detect the sound that would be closest to it.  The type of microphone we used was an omni-directional back electret condenser microphone cartridge.

The micro-controller that was on the robot was programmed through Pbasic in order to make the two servomotors work.  Before the robot would crash into an obstacle, the whiskers would detect the obstacle, and the program would tell it to make a U-turn.  While testing to see if the robot would move, one of the Plexiglas leg holders broke off.  To prevent this problem from occuring again, new leg holders were made out of aluminum, which was more durable.