Team members:
- Abdulaziz Al Bander
- Matthew Certosimo
- Albert Como
- Vincent Din
- Lexis Telischak
- Tyler Troup
Our goal for the Capstone project is to design, build and test a semi-autonomous robot. This robot will be able to be controlled by a user and transmit a video feed of its surroundings to the user. The robot will also be able to enter an autonomous mode and control itself. The focus of our project is to give the robot the ability to detect objects and obstacles that are around it and attempt to find a path of least obstruction. While in autonomous mode the robot will utilize a camera and a laser to illuminate and map objects that are around it. Our goal is design a path finding algorithm that if utilized correctly will allow the robot to scan obstacles and map a path containing no obstacles, and then by communicating with its motors and peripheral sensors, travel safely down that path.