This was one of the very exciting competition held by Faculty of Applied Science in 2018 where my team won the FIRST Prize. This competition was based on Sustainable Energy Engineering and we were asked to create robots that had a sustainability component and were able to collect organic and non-organic waste. The competition was centered around the design of an 'eco-bot' capable of collecting organic and non-organic waste. During the competition, each robot was tasked with differentiating between objects and avoiding potential obstacles. No more than $300.00 could be spent on materials and teams were encouraged to use recycled materials wherever possible. Additionally, each robot was created with sustainably as one of the key design components. The picture below sjows my teammates me (from left), Muhannad, Ramy, Kelvin and James (far right).
For our design, I was incharge of the electrical system where I have to make sure of the compatibilty and the required circuitry. For making the bot, we used wood, cardboard, glue and recycleable plastic for 3D printing. Using battery to power the Raspberry Pi, we controlled the motors and guided it on how to move. While the bot is moving around, there are grapes and marble balls that are collected by the bot. After the sensor decided if the collected item is a marble or a grape, the motor rotates the direction in which it stores them seperately.
