UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | EE2G - Design Report | THE GREAT EGG RACE | | | 25.01.2012 |

Table of Contents Appendix 3 The Group Contract 3 Introduction 4 Literature Review 4 History of mobile robots: 4 The history of the line-following robots: 5 Ongoing a most advanced projects on line-following robots or line-following based robots: 5 Aims: 6 Objectives: 6 Requirements: 6 System Decomposition 7 Group Management Structure 9 Name of the Robot 9 Mechanical Design 10 Technical Options, Critical Review and Final Design Choice 10 Option 1 10 Option 2 11 Review of the Frame 12 Review of the Wheels 12 Final Design 13 Electronic Design 14 Technical Options, Critical Review and Final Design …show more content…

At 1970 the robot ended up following a high contrast white line under controlled lighting conditions at a speed of about 0.8 mph which is pretty different to this robot projectsince we have more advanced programming equipment and processors, the robot of ours uses sensors rather than the video cameras to use less process. The main aim is thoroughly different too.
The fist line-following robot was followed by more commercial used robots for which could do vacuuming and cleaning the floor. They used sensors to get the objects out of their way which is the method in which this project’s robot will determine its track, using sensors.
Ongoing a most advanced projects on line-following robots or line-following based robots:
The most advanced of the line followers according to the Wikipedia, DARPA website, Kiva systems and spec -minder website are :
“DARPA Urban Grand Challenge, with six vehicles autonomously completing a complex course involving manned vehicles and obstacles.” “Kiva Systems clever robots proliferate in distribution operations; these smart shelving units sort themselves according to the popularity of their contents. The Tug becomes a popular means for hospitals to move large cabinets of stock from place to place.”
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