Project
# | Title | Team Members | TA | Documents | Sponsor |
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81 | Laser Tag Droid |
Christian Topete Jake Hamill Martin Litwiller |
Eric Clark | design_document0.docx design_document0.pdf final_paper0.pdf other0.pptx other0.pdf proposal0.pdf |
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Group Members: Martin Litwiller litwill2 Christian Topete topete2 Jake Hamill jhamill2 We plan to make a multi-player laser tag game in which each player controls a wheeled smart phone app-controlled vehicle mounted with a camera and 2-axis laser turret. The goal would be to maneuver your vehicle around a playing field and shoot the opponents' vehicles on their target sensors. The vehicle will be powered by a standard 2-cell 7.4V LiPo hobby battery, and will be controlled remotely over wi-fi from your smart phone. It will have a camera providing live video feed to the user. The laser gun will be fireable from the smart phone app and have a finite firing speed to mimic real weapons. The hardware design components will include power regulation from the battery to the laser, motors, camera, and control circuitry, and building the control circuitry. We will design the motor control rather than using existing packages. We will also include a software component by programming a smart phone app with which to operate the Droid. Our product will be unique from existing products because many similar laser tag robots are bipedal, expensive, and too slow to present an engaging gameplay. Our vehicle will be wheeled, much cheaper, and much quicker ensuring a challenging and fun game. |