Checkout, Awards, and Pizza

Description

Checkout Day usually occurs on Reading Day after Final Reports have been turned in. You'll need to turn in your lab notebook, return all of the major parts belonging to the university to your TA, and make sure that nothing is missing from your lab kit before you will receive a grade in the class. After Checkout, a short Awards ceremony will be held to honor those who, in the course staff's opinions, have managed to deliver exemplary projects during the semester. Immediately afterwards, you are all welcome to celebrate your project completion with free pizza and soda with the rest of you classmates!

Requirements and Grading

The Checkout Form will be your documentation that you turned in the lab kit - both you and your TA need to sign it before you turn it in to your TA.

Submission and Deadlines

The specific date and time for lab checkout can be found on the the course calendar.

Remote Robot Car Control System with RGBD Camera for 3D Reconstruction

Hao Chen, Yuhao Ge, Junyan Li, Han Yang

Featured Project

## Team Members

- [Yuhao Ge], [yuhaoge2],

- [Hao Chen], [haoc8],

- [Junyan Li], [junyanl3],

- [Han Yang], [hany6].

## Project Title

Remote Robot Car Control System with RGBD Camera for 3D Reconstruction

## Problem

We aim to build a user-friendly control system for assisting users to remotely control a robot car equipped with an RGBD camera in complex indoor environments. The car should be able to build the environment based on the point cloud scanned by the camera, and the remote computer will reconstruct the point cloud to gain the map of the environment.

## Solution Overview

Our solution consists of a Robot Car Subsystem, Camera Subsystem, Remote Control Subsystem, and Human-Robot Interaction Interface. The Robot Car Subsystem includes a robot car and a rotating base for the RGBD camera. The Camera Subsystem captures RGBD images of the surrounding environment and performs real-time 3D reconstruction. The Remote Control Subsystem allows users to control the robot car remotely via a joystick. The Human-Robot Interaction Interface provides a third-person perspective view of the reconstructed environment and allows users to interact with the robot car in real-time.

## Solution Components

- Robot Car Subsystem: Includes a robot car and a rotating base for the RGBD camera.

- Camera Subsystem: Captures RGBD images of the surrounding environment and performs real-time 3D reconstruction using image signal processing software.

- Remote Control Subsystem: Allows users to control the robot car remotely via a joystick.

- Human-Robot Interaction Interface: Provides a third-person perspective view of the reconstructed environment and allows users to interact with the robot car in real-time.

## Criterion for Success

- The remote robot car control system can navigate and avoid obstacles in complex indoor environments.

- The Camera Subsystem can perform real-time 3D reconstruction with high accuracy and reliability.

- The Remote Control Subsystem provides a smooth and responsive control experience for the user.

- The Human-Robot Interaction Interface provides an intuitive and user-friendly way for users to interact with the robot car and view the reconstructed environment.

## Distribution of Work

- Han Yang (EE): Camera Subsystem design and implementation

- Hao Chen (ECE): Remote Control Subsystem design and implementation

- Junyan Li (ECE): Human-Robot Interaction Interface design and implementation

- Yuhao GE (ECE): Robot Car Subsystem design and implementation

## Justification of Complexity

We believe that our team has the necessary skills and knowledge to handle the mechanical and electrical complexity of our project.

Specifically, Han Yang has experience in image signal processing and Hao Chen has experience in remote control systems. Junyan Li has experience in human-robot interaction design, and Yuhao Ge has experience in robotics and mechanical design. Additionally, we plan to use readily available off-the-shelf components and design our system in a modular and scalable way to minimize the complexity and facilitate the development process.