This is the event we have all been training for. For nine months we have shed our sweat, blood, and tears through intense training and sleepless nights to prepare for one shot at glory. One shot to stand atop the pinnacle of extreme mechatronic sports and proclaim ourselves graduates of the Stanford ME218 smart product design sequence. Fall Quarter brought you extreme biathlons such as snowshoe racing/yeti hunting and s'mores roasting/fencing. The gloves came off and the head injuries began Winter Quarter with JOUSTBALL (robot jousting and shooting). Yet all this amounts to junior varsity scrimmages in comparison to the WORLD CUP! WORLD CUP: Watch Our Robots Levitate During Championship University Presentations. Or, to be more concise:
WIRELESS HOVERCRAFTS!
That's right. The project for ME218C's class of Spring 2014 was to design, build, and demonstrate remote-controlled hovercraft PLAYERs. Each team was responsible for creating both a state-of-the art PLAYER and an associated COACH (wireless control unit). Furthermore, interoperability was required such that any team's COACH could take control of any PLAYER in the class. Limited to two XBee radio transceivers, a Freescale HCS12E128 microcontroller, as many PIC16F1690 controllers as would fill our hearts' content, and $200 per team (yeah right!), our team embarked on the mechatronic-athletic quest of a lifetime. 13 teams entered the competition. Team 12's journey is described herein...
WIRELESS HOVERCRAFTS!
That's right. The project for ME218C's class of Spring 2014 was to design, build, and demonstrate remote-controlled hovercraft PLAYERs. Each team was responsible for creating both a state-of-the art PLAYER and an associated COACH (wireless control unit). Furthermore, interoperability was required such that any team's COACH could take control of any PLAYER in the class. Limited to two XBee radio transceivers, a Freescale HCS12E128 microcontroller, as many PIC16F1690 controllers as would fill our hearts' content, and $200 per team (yeah right!), our team embarked on the mechatronic-athletic quest of a lifetime. 13 teams entered the competition. Team 12's journey is described herein...
Project Description
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