TEAM ROBO CAT

Scott Hamrick

Olumuyiwa Oyeleye

Anthony Shillingburg

Kyle Whetzel

OUTLINE

Problem Statement Project Background Overall Architecture Major Technologies Innovative and creative aspects Challenges and Uncertainties Expected Outcomes Project Plan

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Our system seeks to create a tool that can be used by caregivers to monitor children, disabled, or elderly loved ones in order to provide an additional degree of freedom. Our system may also be used by homeowners in order to provide a view of the home in their absence.

PROBLEM BACKGROUND Our system is preceded by a number of

systems. Castles and moats; ropes and bells;

complex video recordings and control of the home.

The term “babysitting” dates back to the early 1900s.

Baby monitors and nanny cams are the most recent technologies on this subject.

OVERALL ARCHITECTURE

OVERALL ARCHITECTURE

OVERALL ARCHITECTURE

Web Application

Robot

ControlsVideo Feed

MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES Real Time Image Recognition and Tracking

Camera IP camera FPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array Web Server Web Application Robotics

Drive trainFrameMotor ControlMiscellaneous Sensors

INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE ASPECTS

Outer Design Shell Use of Web Application Separate modes of use Tracking capabilities

CHALLENGES AND UNCERTAINTIES

Path planning and finding Controlling from Web Application Data Storage Image Recognition Battery Life

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

Working prototype for use as demonstration for the WVU Robotics Club outreach programs

Convincing replication of the popular Sci-Fi character R2D2.

PROJECT PLAN

Research

Design

Procurement

Build Hardware

Build Software

Test

1-Apr-12 21-May-12 10-Jul-12 29-Aug-12 18-Oct-12 7-Dec-12 26-Jan-13 17-Mar-13 6-May-13 25-Jun-13

Start DateCompleted

COMPONENT PROCUREMENT PLAN

Robot Shell: Art Major Christopher Tingley

IP Camera: WVU Robotics Club CMU Camera: Carnegie Mellon

University Robotic Parts: WVU Robotics Club Web space: LCSEE

CONCLUSION Our team will build a robot that will

utilize two cameras to track and follow a subject. The user will also have the option to manually control the robot. The robot will send a video feed to a web application that can be viewed by the user via the internet. The system will be designed to replicate the Star Wars character R2D2 in order to serve the WVU Robotics Club as a demonstration robot.

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