Project Leader
- Priya Deo
- Ben Wasserman
Meetings
- Status:
- Mon TBD in NSH 1109
- Scout Board Meeting:
- Wed 8:30pm-10:00pm in Roboclub
- Scout Forklift Meeting:
- Wed 4:30pm-5:30pm in Roboclub
- Scout Mechanical Meeting:
- Thurs 4:30pm-6:00pm in Roboclub
- Scout Behavior Meeting:
- Tues 5:00pm-6:30pm in Roboclub
- Scout Driver Code Meeting:
- Wed 10:00pm-11:00pm in Roboclub
- Scout Simulator Meeting:
- Sat 5:30pm-7:00pm in Roboclub
Funded in part by the CMU Robotics Club and the Undergraduate Research Office
Colony
| technology
The Colony swarm uses a suite of one-dimensional sensors to build an understanding of the robots' environment.
Features
- Botrics Dragonfly microcontroller board
- Atmel ATMega128 Microprocessor
- Extra Digital and Analog I/O
- Two independent motors
Sensors
- 5 IR rangefinders
- 2 Wheel Encoders
- BOM (Bearing and Orientation Module)
- IR emitter/sensor array for relative localization
Communications and Feedback
- XBee Wireless Module
- USB Port
- I2C
- SPI
- LCD display
- 2 Tri-color LEDs