DFRobotShop Rover Object Avoidance Project

Introduction

This is our first project using the DFRobotShop Rover robot platform. We decided it was a good platform to demonstrate some basic abilities. Unlike our other object detection projects - this kit offers limited scalability. However, it is a simple platform to use. Therefore, you can easily do what you need to do for numerous projects.

For this project we will be using the following items

• DFRobotShop Rover Robot Platform
• Sharp IR Sensors

To be clear - we are not showing how to build this unit - but rather - concentrate on a given project.

Purpose

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate basic object avoidanace using the DFRobotShop Rover platfrom from RobotShop and DFRobot.

Primary Objectives

We aim to keep the scope simple and limited in order to meet each of the primary objectives stated herein.

The following are the objectives we aim to meet in this project

• Move around in a given space
• Detect an object using IR sensors
• Continue to move around without touching objects

Experiments

In order to ensure we ahve succeessfully accomplished the primary objectives we plan on performing a series of experiements. These experiments will validate the projects success.

The following is a listing of experiments we will use to validate the primary objectives of the project

1. Move about without IR Sensor
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can move the Robotics Connection Traxster II unit around a given space. There is no awareness of its environment in this experiment. Just dumb movement.

2. Move until object within range
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can move the Robotics Connection Traxster II unit around until an object is encountered. Once an object is found it will stop moving.

3. Turn right when object found
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can move the Robotics Connection Traxster II unit around until an object is encountered. Once an object is found it will turn away from that object. We will be turning the unit to the right when an object is encountered on the LEFT hand side.

4. Turn left when object found
The purpose of this experiment is to show that we can move the Robotics Connection Traxster II unit around until an object is encountered. Once an object is found it will turn away from that object. We will be turning the unit to the left when an object is encoutnered on the RIGHT hand side.

Results

Stay tuned...