Laser Battle Bots

Response to Feedback We’ll be making a pair of laser tag bots. We decided start 3D printing the base next week. This change is reflected in our schedule, and CAD models can be found below. We chose to use RF transceivers. Since neither of us has much experience at all with wireless communication, and because they were an inexpensive option with significant online support, we decided this was the best method. We definitely plan to keep our scope manageable. We assured that the milestones for the last three weeks of the semester before the project fair were all related to features of the advanced design so that if the base design takes longer than planned, we'll still be able to have a functioning product by the time of the fair. We've looked a little bit into IR communication protocols. We researched how laser tag arenas modify their IR signals to extend range and encode shooter data. Tyler also has a little experience with how toy laser tag signals work. We ordered some ...

Project Proposal High-level description We’ll be making a pair of laser tag bots. As a minimum viable product, we will have two radio frequency controllers, each with a joystick for movement and a fire button, along with two mobile robots. The robots will be able to fire on one another (either using normal light or IR emitters), and have a receive that will emit a signal to indicate that it has been shot. We plan on incorporating a health and ammo display to the controllers, whether in the form of an LED bar or LCD screen. Our goal for the product is to make a modular robot that users can customize for robot laser tag battles. We want to be able to exchange attack pieces (i.e. long range, more ammo, swivel cannon, freeze shots, etc.), and potentially some defense pieces as well (such as a shielding device). It would also be nice to have the controller LCD display more than just health and ammo, such as user messages. Regardless of how many peripheral functions we’re able...

Tyler Quackenbush Landon Willey