Mars Exploration Mission

Mars Exploration Mission

1. Available Resources

   • Computers
     • BYO Laptop
       • Installation already complete for EV3 classroom
     • Loan
       • Will need to install EV3 software or work with a partner on their laptop
   • EV3 Classrooms
     • EV3 Robots
       • Robot Sensors
         • Ultra Sonic
           • Measures the distance of nearby surfaces/objects
             • Can be used to avoid objects
         • Touch
           • Measures the contact pressure with surfaces
             • Can be used to dectect objects in front of the robot
         • Light
           • Measures the light intensity and colour
         • Gyro
           • Measures the rotations of the motors on the robot

2. Functional Requirements

   • Must use multiple sensors
     • To be able to complete the course properly most sensors have to be used to navigate

3. Constraints/Limitations

   • Battery life of Robots
     • Robots might not be fully charged when using them, which means that the testing will consume more time
   • Lack of Coding expirence
     • This is my first time ever doing anything coding related

4. Prescribed Criteria

   • Follow the path
     • Use light/colour sensor to follow path
       • Utilizing the sensor to detect the light intensity is more reliable that using the sensor to detect colour, this is because you have a larger variety if using light intensity
   • Detect and navigate around immovable object
     • The Robot must detect if the object is immovable
       • Possible Solution: If ultra sonic sensor detects object 10cm away and touch sensor is pressed go around object
   • Detect and clear the moveable objects from the path
     • The robot must have enough speed to move the moveable objects
       • Possible solution: If ultra sonic sensor detects object 10cm away and touch sensor is not pressed increase speed

5. Self Determined Criteria

   • Robot Must make a Starting sound
     • There is already code to make a starting noise when the code has started
       • Can be altered to different jobs, like if the robot go off the line make a different sound
   • Display faces while the code is being run
     • Faces can be played during certain steps, like if the robot completes it it can display a happy face. Not is the robot goes off the line it could display a sad face

6. Non-Functional Requirements

   • Aesthetic
     • The robot does not need to look good while doing the course

7. Impacts

   • Social
     • If successful your social recognition would go up
       • Potential Spensorships
   • Economic
     • SpaceX might want to permantly hire you if misson is succsessfull
   • Personal
     • Be recognised by billionares and world leaders

8. Ideation

   • Using Already made code
     • Following the line code
       • A pre existing code that could follow a black line could be used
     • Sound cues code
       • There is already code that has sounds play when the robot starts
         • Code can be altered to play when robot goes off the line or cannot move