Slide Deck

Proper Need Statement/Analysis

Problem Statement: The current barrier-of-entry for autonomous mobile robotics is too high.

Target Audience

  • Professor Soo Jeon - MTE544, university-level course
  • Enthusiasts
  • Parents buying their first robot for their kid
  • High school robotics teams
  • Elementary school robotics teams
  • Robotics researchers

Core Values

  • Forwards compatible with phone upgrades
  • Plug and play option
  • Open source: hardware, robot software, firmware
  • Cheaper or better than the industry standard
    • Researcher: Turtlebot
    • Elemetary / high school: Lego mindstorms
    • Enthusiasts: Jetbot
  • Small and light (fits in backpack)

User Experience

  • App creates framework to ingest sensor data into user model and output hardware actions
  • User supplies their own model and plan
  • There will be an API for users to control the hardware
  • Examples and default model will exist for education

Milestones

Hardware

  • TZ wants decentalized hardware, specifically for the motors (idea: link)
  • NL proposes specifying a standard motor configuration

Software