Tsukiko-Bots

Sensors: EOPD, Compass, Ultrasonic,color sensor

Motors: 3 NXT motors

Drivetrain: rear wheel drive, two plastic front wheels with low friction,two treads in the middle of the robot

End Effectors: fork flipper,hopper

Accessories: Camera

Speciality: Breadcrumb spreader

Sensors: Our robot is going to use an EOPD sensor to find the hoops ,the craters and the ridge. It will be mounted in between the two front tires. The compass sensor is mainly for navigation and might have a second or even a third function. It will be found on the top of the robot. We will be also using () one ultrasonic sensors. () It will be aiming at the front of the robot.  The color sensor will be mounted at the lower front of the robot to find the moonstones and riffles in the ground like a real moonbot.

Motors: We will be using three NXT 2.0 Motors. Two will propel the vehicles back tires and turn it around and  another one will be propelling the flipper fork which will pick up the hoops and throw them into a hopper. The two Motors for the tires will be mounted on the back of the robot and the NXT motor that propels the flipper fork will be mounted in the middle or at the front of the robot.

Drivetrain: Our robot will have four wheels, and two treads with rear wheel drive ();two plastic front wheels with low friction, and two treads in the middle of the robot that don’t touch the ground. Then each of the two NXT motors that are being used for acceleration will propel one rear wheel. They will move at the same speed in the same direction to drive forward and they wil go in different directions when we want our robot to turn and since the two front wheels are made of plastic the will easily follow the turn of the vehicle. Furthermore, there will be 2 treads under the robot roughly 1 inch above ground. These treads will help the robot over the ridge and craters.

End Effectors: Our robot will have a flipper fork which will pick up the hoops using the third NXT motor and throw it into the hopper.  The hopper is going to be high so the loops dont fall out when more come in. The Ultrasonic sensors will be mounted on the front of the  hopper.

Navigation: We will try to built in a ‘breadcrumb’ navigation. The robot will place different colored LEGO plates on it’s run through the field. On it’s way back to the base, it will identify it’s position with a color sensor based on the color it finds on the field. In addition to that, it will used the Ultrasonic as well as the Compass sensor to navigate.

Accessories: Our robot will have a camera build in which is going to be a big challenge since the camera does not have any lego connector knobs or beds. The camera will be mounted right behind to the flipper fork and the EOPD sensor.

Why the jury should choose our lunar robot: The jury should choose our robot because our robot will be the one of the most efficient robot in the moonbots challenge and because we invested a lot of work into it. Also because our robot has a very good function mechanism and a lot of great ideas in it, like the ‘breadcrumb’ navigation and the hidden treads.