Sandy the Sandbox Robot

    Goal

    A few Requirements

        Mechanics and Electronics

        Choosing the Chassis

        Locomotion

        Sensors

            Light

            Line Tracking

            Obstacle Avoidance

            Edge Detection

            Human movement Detection

            Sound/Ultra Sound

    Construction

        Motors

        Chassis Design

        The Pluggable Interface

        Light Detection (LDRs)

        Line Tracking

        Batteries and wiring loom

        Charging and Power

        IR Receiver

        Servo Motor

            Servo Connection

        Microcontroller Mounting

    Microcontroller Selection

        Microcontroller Board

        Driving the Motors

            Robot Movement API

        Servo Control

    Sensor Inputs

        IR Range-Finder

    Software

            Analogue Sensor API

        Testing and Integration

            Reading the IR Pinger

            Hardware Matters

    Integration

        Initial Tests

            Navigation Improvements

Results