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

Materials

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

Gantt Chart

HoverBearGanntChart.jpeg

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/