pic: Ira's Senior Project - Runt

[IraJason]

To Rich, I wound up running out of time to do an arm as part of my senior project, but I am still hoping to put something there even after my presentation. But presentation wise, my partner and I are running with what is shown.

And yes, Runt is going to become a testbed for a multitude of things. We never had the time to implement any sensors or the CMU cam to our first two robots, and Runt allows for those sensors to be tested on something before they head onto a big robot.

Once my project is finished and I graduate, Runt will be used for demonstrations, testing of prototype systems, and as a trainer for new members. Since Runt is not the most complicated machine around, members who have had no experience in robotics will be able to take apart and rebuild Runt to understand how the drive system works and how everything is put together. Even though I've been a part of this since the part of my team, I learned a lot by putting together pretty much all of the components and knowing each of their purpose. I already know of one member of our larger tech club who will be having hands on experience with Runt to become familiar with the systems before the student starts working on the competition bot.