Mechatronics Final Project

Meet amos

An autonomous ball picking up robot.

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amos is fully featured

Intelligent

Equipped with LADAR sensors and an A* path planning algorithm, amos intelligently navigates and learns the obstacle course.

Agile

Two independent metalic arms controlled by RC servo motos makes amos able to grab, collect, and discharge both blue and orange golf balls.

Fast

Since amos plans an optimal path, time-in-course is drastically shorter than other robots using traditional bug avoidance algorithms.

Award Winning

On its best run, amos navigated the course in the shortest time of 80.5 seconds. It collected all five balls and correctly identified the location of all five balls. After all time bonuses were calculated, amos finished with a score of -79.5, the lowest score for the contest by a margin of over 50 points.

Meet the team

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Anusha Nagabandi

Electrical Engineering
Path Planning

Sid Sethupathi

Electrical Engineering
Path Planning

Oscar To

Electrical Engineering
Ball Pickup/Matlab

Mike Yang

Electrical Engineering
Ball Pickup/Matlab