Robud

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  Robud says, "Hi!"

Inspiration

We wanted to make a robot, simple as that! But, even better, a robot that you could be friends with and interact with.

What it does

Our robot will follow you around and randomly send you texts using Twilio just to talk to you and see how you're doing!

How we built it

We built a chassis, attached 4 toy DC motors, and then laser cut acrylic to make wheels. With the electronics, we created each subsystem, photoresistors to detect you (you would be wearing bright lights for now, until we can detect you in a different way, originally we planned for GPS coordinates), an ultrasonic sensor, and a motor driver, and then combined them all to build a moving robot.

Challenges we ran into

Our power handling became our hardest part. With the DC toy motors and the weight of our electronics, the Robud could barely move when placed on the ground, and we ended up spending a lot of time trying to fix the chassis.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our team was able to create the circuitry for our sensors and code the robot on Arduino with no prior experience for a majority of the team. Using the Edison was a new platform as well, and combining the microcontroller with Twilio and to send and receive SMS was amazing!

What we learned

We learned how to use Arduino and stack cups properly-Hira....Learned about different languages and platforms-Nusruth...Learned about Arduino inside and out and how the electronics are set up-Venus...Learned how to use a new API: Twilio-Betsy

What's next for Robud

We want to bring Robud out into the real world, with a completely robust chassis/drivetrain and combine the python code that runs Twilio into Arduino

Built With

• arduino
• c++
• intel-edison
• python
• twilio