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ECE Design Review Fall 2018 Stanley Black and Decker

Team 1912-Door Sensing Using a Robot Patrick Villandry (Comp. E) , Sana Khan (Comp. E), Makena Lloyd (EE) Advisor: Prof. Necmi Biyikli

Overview

Background: Who is Stanley Black and Decker? What does the project consist of? Problem: What is the problem the company is facing? How are we going to break the problem down into particular tasks? Proposed solution: How do we plan on solving the issue the sponsor is facing? Goals: What are the objectives we are working towards?

Semester Timeline

End of semester

Order parts

Need to decide all of the materials we need and order them by the end of the semester December Want to finalize our project design and figure out all of the details

Solidify Design

January Implement Design Start coding and building the robot by January

Background-Stanley Black and Decker

• Manufacturer of industrial tools and

household hardware.

• Started in 1843 in New Britain, CT to

manufacture hardware and hardware components under Frederick Stanley

• Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker

started in 1910 to create the first portable power tool

Background - Continued

• Merged in 2010 to create “Stanley Black and

Decker”

• Our Location: Farmington, Connecticut
• Project Sponsor Contact: Jonathan Braverman

Problem

• Has a production facility where they test all of

their doors to improve efficiency

• Have interns physically moving a wooden

block from one place to another to try and find

• ut the range of door sensors
• To avoid tedious testing, wanted to automate

the process

Proposed Solution

• Ideally we want to create a robot on a moving platform
• The robot should be able to travel to various x, y coordinates
• It also has to carry an object impersonating a “small person”

according to the ANSI standards to make it more realistic

Data Specifications

• Given Space: 12 ft x 6 ft area
• Negligible Terrain
• Flat surface
• Must carry a ANSI size
• bject (~3ft tall)
• Given: Microwave and

Infrared sensor

Door

General Schematics

Sensing Device

Robot Body

Wheels Motors Microcontroller

inches inches

• Total height must be 28”
• Height of robot body will be

subtracted from object height

Goals

• Using either C or python, we want to create an edge detector for

the sensors ○ We can find the output values ( HI/ LO) and check to see when the sensors detects presence/motion ○ We can also find out the specific heights of the ranges to find out how far and in what direction the sensor goes ○ Proposed interfaces: Arduino, Raspberry Pi

Goals

• Once data has been collected, we will sync up the data columns

in a tabular format

• If necessary, we manually manipulate data into graphical

representation

• Comparing the infrared and microwave sensors after each “run”

*Numbers are fake to show concept

Questions?