<aside> 🐕 Hello! If you are reading this please be aware that this is a living document. Although the final project has concluded, I am still working to improve certain aspects of the camera vision to increase the autonomous navigation capabilities of our dog. I will keep this page up to date as I progress, likely into the summer!

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Several days ago, a friend’s friend asked me,

“If you could describe your last month in three words, two being animals, what would they be?”

I responded (with minimal hesitation),

“Bunny, elephant, and dog.”

The friend’s friend (really diving into the metaphor), asked,

“What breed of dog?”

Me (as serious as can be):

“Robotic.”

And here commences the story of that very literal robotic-dog-third of my last month.

Say hi to Woody. He really likes tennis balls. (Volume on!)

📝 The Task

As a culmination of the spring ‘23 semester of ME35: Intro to Robotics, our professor (Chris Rogers) tasked us, in teams of five, to

build a quadruped robotic dog that can walk, dance, and move in reaction to objects it sees in its environment

We could order whatever electrical parts we needed, while being encouraged to be friendly to the planet (i.e. use as much wood, instead of acrylic, as possible for physical fabrication).

A summary of how the assignment came to be:

A comic summarizing the evolution of ME35 goals, roles, and perspectives over the semester, through a metaphor referencing the age-old quote about shooting for the moon and landing among the stars.

Table of Contents

Several days ago, a friend’s friend asked me,

📝 The Task

build a quadruped robotic dog that can walk, dance, and move in reaction to objects it sees in its environment

A summary of how the assignment came to be:

🏆 The Team