I have been just as busy with my research students working on refining the design of the Flower∞bots since the school year began. It is just more difficult to find the time to keep moving forward but we are making progress. To help with that, I have added more student workers to the team including Alex, Katie, and Sean. They picked up the mantle to continue where my summer students, Josiah and Murari left off.
Goal
We still have a goal to send out at least 10 Flower∞bots out to academics by the end of February 2023. They will build, program and test them out and then complete a survey for the viability of using them for teaching, research and service. We will continue to generate learning materials and activities that they can use for their evaluation. The responses to the survey will be used to complete the final report at the conclusion of my one-year as journey as an Open-Source Hardware Trailblazer fellow.
Research Team
Katie is a sophomore computer engineering major in charge of building, programming and testing the Flower∞bots. Alex is a junior mechanical engineering in charge of 3d printing and design revisions on the robots. Sean is junior computer engineering major designing the graphical programming for Arduion and also the proof of concept activities. These activities will be used for the ROSE-BUD SPARK! design competition on April 1, 2023. This is our outreach event where we will test out using the robots with high school students.
Lily∞Bot Version 2
Lily∞Bot Version 2 is now ready for action and available on GITHUB. The changes include the following
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- cinch strap instead of dual lock for the battery holder to make it easier to change out the batteries on the bottom chassis
- redesign of motor and sensor mounts so that that they twist in an dfit more securely in the robot
- Check out Alex detailing all the changes in the new assembly video.
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Coming Soon
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- HacksterIo and Instructables as well as video tutorials for obstacle avoidance using sonar sensors.
- HacksterIo and Instructables as well as video tutorials for obstacle avoidance using infrared short range and long range sensors.
- HacksterIo and Instructables as well as video tutorials for obstacle avoidance using sonar sensors.