Radio-Controlled Robot Tank design project from 2016 MIT Engineering Design Workshop

1. All Terrain Autonomous
Authoritarian
Engineering Design Workshop 2016

2. Our Team
Jarrod
Smith
Williams
Rodriguez
Michael
Li
Viraz
Mahanti
Kendrick
Echeverri

3. To motivate, inspire, and educate individuals about radio-
control systems, micro-controllers and coding by creating a
multi-functional remote controlled rubber band tank. We will
utilize our programming skills and ingenuity to demonstrate
the capabilities of these areas in an educational, and
entertaining way.
Mission Statement

4. Project’s
Motivation
-Learning basics of coding
-Motivate Others
-Understanding wireless
Technology
-Have Fun

5. Budget
22%
13%
12%
30%
5(10% unused)
Remote control M1A2 Abrams Tank x2
Mini CCTV Camera x1
Camera Headset x1
Servos x5
Rubber Bands
Camera Receiver x1
1.3%
Total Amount : $400
12%

6. Controls
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The bottom 2 buttons are
used to drive the tank
forward. The tank can’t
drive backward, the board
was burned out.
The On & Off switch
for the remote. These are used to rotate the
tank around its center.
These are used for turning
while the tank is in movement.

7. Control
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Used for the Left
Shooting
Servo and the Up and
Down Function
Used for the Movement of the
Right Shooting Servo

10. Circuitry

13. Finite State Machine

14. 211 Lines of code-- just for driving

18. Prototype
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20. 20

21. Animation
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23. 23

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25. Light Sensors

26. Ultrasonic Sensors
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27. UltraSonic Sensors
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28. camera Head Set

29. 29

30. 30
Camera Signals

31. LED strips

32. LAZERZ
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33. Challenges
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-Having rethink our initial motivation to do this project
-Coding the functions
-Making the turret angle up and down
-We burned out important parts and had to replace them
-Having to rewire the entire project on the last day
-Figuring out our final design
- LED around camera did not work
- ultrasonic sensors did not work
-Light sensors don’t

34. Challenges
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35. Future Work
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We are going to leave the tank at the edgerton center. We hope that
future students would be able to see our work and improve upon it. We
also hope that future students would be able to get the sensors to work
in the fully completed tank.

36. Conclusion
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We walked into the edgerton center
without any knowledge of coding or
wireless technology. Thanks to our hard
work and all the mentors and staff we
will walk out of campus with knowledge
and a solid understanding of engineering
and arduino coding.

37. Overview
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38. Credits/ closing remarks
- Jarrod smith
- Ed Moriarty
- MIT
- Jonathan Dietz

39. Questions or Comments