BY:MANISH MISHRA

Navigational Robotics (Boe-bot)Senior Project

Applications of Navigation Robotics.

The Journey of the Project Selection

My hobby to make a self operable machine

Wanted to apply the knowledge of physics and mathematics

Senior project being a perfect platform that I was seeking

Programming the Robot.

Jumping into the Project !!

How did I find my mentor?

Asked about the electronics section at Student Service Center

Was referred to the Professor Melvin Duvall

Challenges on Boe-bot.

What is Bread board circuit ?

Learned about it online

Took a quiz on Boe-bot and it’s components

Debugging and trouble shooting.

Had to debug the program frequently

Troubleshooting the hardware

Had to run the program time and again so was more of a mentally challenging task

Operable computer to program my boe-bot !

I did not own a laptop

My neighborhood friend lend me his laptop

I met Alvin at the SCC who is the student of my mentor, who let me use his laptop

Potentials Improvements.

Improve the sensitivity of the Boe-bot

Modify the Robot according to the surrounding

Calibrate, Debug, and Troubleshoot consistently

Impact of the Project.

Increased depth of knowledge

Use the available resources to the full extend

Completion of the project has influenced me to make the career in this field