Hoverbear

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Project Proposal

Overview

We are going to be constructing a hoverboard that would be able to hover a few centimeters off the ground. It will be able to move to a destination by means of a beacon or vectors, and contain some measure of intelligence.

Team Members

• Lucas Alcantara
• James Shaheen
• Michael Horwitz
• TA: Tony

Objectives

• To enable the hoverboard to autonomously detect obstacles
• To enable the hoverboard to autonomously travel to a beacon
• To enable the hoverboard to follow a predetermined trail / follow a trail marked out on the ground

List of Dated Goals

February 15, 2019: Present initial project proposal to the entire class. During this time, the goals of the project should be presented along with a condensed timeline for completion as well as anticipated challenges that have been or will be faced.

• Finish the night light in the first week or so (date TBD)
• Build the physical board (date TBD)
• Familiarize ourselves with the sensor and work on coding to make self sufficient (date TBD)
• Present hoverboard (date TBD)

Challenges

• Not a whole lot of experience in automation. There will a be a learning curve for this group.

This will be a list of things here at some point, but I think those should be decided on by a group, not just by me

• It may be difficult to familiarize ourselves with a raspberry pi if that is what we decide to use (however I’m pretty sure we are not)
• It could be a challenge to learn how to utilize the ultrasonic distance sensor so our can be self dependent and navigate through obstacles

Budget

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Materials

• Arduino
• Some other things that we will decide upon at a future date

Gantt Chart

Preliminary Group Presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LC5-bpy_PZ1Pp5c1MIzv8FixqiFnd0cE2mcwiCRTCIM/edit#slide=id.g4ecedb114a_0_0

Helpful Links

https://makezine.com/projects/diy-r-c-hovercraft-from-cardboard-and-trash-bags/

https://www.instructables.com/id/Hovercraft-with-Arduino-design/