WPI Robotics: ADIS MQP Final Showcase

Auger Driven Ice Surveyor was our Major Qualifying Project, here at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

This video shows testing and implementation of our final robotic design.

We placed 2nd at the 2011 RICC (Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference)!

If you have any questions about the project, contact me via Youtube, or email me at derrick_brown@wpi.edu.

This project was done by:
Derrick Brown
Minkyu Lee
Mark Mordarski
Matt Richards

The project is advised by:
Ken Stafford
Fred Looft

The background music is Shempi by Ratatat, from their album LP3.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ADIS
• Auger
• Driven
• Ice
• Surveyor
• Robot
• Robotics
• Engineering
• RBE
• Worcester
• Polytechnic
• Institute
• WPI
• Major
• Qualifying
• Project
• MQP
• testing
• Shempi
• Ratatat
• Second
• 2nd
• place
• RICC
• Innovation
• Competition
• and
• Confrence

[MamaDespik]

Thanks! Well, in snow, it could climb a pretty steep slope, because the blades could get a lot of grip into the snow. On ice, slopes were a little more of a problem. What would usually happen is: one auger would get less traction than the other, so the robot would turn and end up going sideways across a slope, rather than up it. Unfortunately, we didn't take any measurements on maximum slopes, so that's the best I can offer. Good luck with your project!

[GatoradeTW]

Thanks for the reply. I'll let you know how my project ends up and send you a link of the final design so you can take a look. Best of luck till then!

[GatoradeTW]

Awesome work guys! I'm working on a project very similar to this at Saint Cloud State as my Senior design project. The scope of the project includes the need to extract itself from a hole in the ice if it falls in...kind of like what you starting test, but the water was splashing up to high. I do have one question for you though, if you would like to answer, how high of a slope was the robot able to climb over if it was wet ice or snow? Thanks, and great work.