McGill NXT design competition: Megatron -intelligent automated robot-

Megatron,
Team Echo project

McGill robotics challenge Winter 2007
Goal:
- Find boxes, stack and bring them to unloading area.
- Avoid obstacles
- Full automation


Megatron robot is capable of self navigation, scans an enclosed area looking for boxes. Finds unloading area (darker floor) and drops off box stacks.

Components used:
2x Ultrasonic sensors
2x Light sensors
3x Infra red proximity sensors linked to a PIC16F687 microcontroller to communicate with the I2C interface of the main processor
1x Lego NXT brick

Category:

Science & Technology

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• tom
• covo
• simon
• adam
• alex
• smart
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• funky
• automation
• competition
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• red
• ultra
• sonic
• sensors
• microprocessor
• microcontroller
• lego

[DronElektron]

Xmmm max motors 3 but i see more actions... how?

[zebenwan]

The I2C interface on the Lego Brick uses 8 bit address, so even though it only has 4 ports, it can handle up to 128 devices on its bus. We built a micro-controller to receive and Q the data collected by our 4 sensors then feed it to a single brick port. The 3 other ports are used for the motors.

[sphinxmom1]

Decepticons energy reading plus some goombas to stomp.

[xdaemoon]

I see the future :)

Automated warehouses :)

[bjborderjumper18]

cool at first but still sux even though i couldn't do that

[tiki820]

good work

[Mixton]

Is that made partly of Lego Technic pieces?

[andersmanfredo]

COOL!!!!!

PS: I GOT FIRST POST!!!!