Project Athena
Senior Design Project
Project Athena is a quadrupedal system designed to assist recovery efforts designated towards wildfires with sensors and electronic communications.
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Technical Requirements
Real Time Operational Intelligence
Minimal Latency
Traceable and Deployable Data
Our Automated system will use machine learning patterns to make decisions and notify users as soon as possible
Through the use of our own apache web server we will minimize data transmission time to take actions without delay
Through the use of XML and PHP data handling we will keep records and evaluate real time data to determine wether environments are too dangerous for individuals to enter
Partner Companies
Companies that are currently backing our project.
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Hawk Ridge Systems
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Swinerton Builders
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Components
Full HD Camera Object Detection
12 Servo Motors for quadrupedal movement along with 4 DC motors for locomotion
Fire resistant and sturdy 3D printed body that can be easily replaced in case of failure
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Build
The motor control system consists of the following:
A Nvidia Jetson to control the system
An H-Bridge circuit controlled by the Jetson hardware
Pulse Width Modulator (PWM).
DC motors connected to the H-bridge
A 16 channel PWM controlled by I2C pin
Servo motors controlled by the 16 channel PWM
Sensors in order to read external data and recalibrate
system accordingly
PID Control in internal C++ environment to propagate errors
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Mechanical Engineering Majors
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