alphaBOT

This first assignment related to Autonomous, Intelligent Machines and Systems is intended to review the basics of microcontrollers, sensors, data acquisition, and basic prototyping using 3D printing.  These are concepts that are fundamental in most undergraduate Mechanical Engineering.

However, we understand that everyone has different experiences in college and may not have registered for courses that developed these skills.  After this 1- to 2-week module, every student will have a working robot that they take home and can use for future experiments and code refinement.

This experiment introduces the foundational knowledge needed before students can perform the subsequent projects in this concentration: betaBOT, balanceBOT, armBOT.