This website is for the Fall 2023 Berea College offering of the AI and Autonomous Systems distributed robotics course. This course is offered with partners at University of Michigan (content author) and…
Dancing the Hokey Pokey
How It Works The code for making a working dancing robot is actually not too difficult to make. The way that I went about making the robot dance was by using functions…
Python Wall-Following Project
As part of my final project, I was working on a challenging project: building a wall-following robot using the Mbot and Python. This blog post reflects on my experience throughout the project,…
From Static to Dynamic: Translating Wall Follower Code from C++ to Python
Introduction This time, my journey led me to Python, a shift from the familiar grounds of C++ that I navigated in our previous projects. My task? To breathe life into a Wall…
Final Project Reflection Blog – Hardware
My partner Lizzie Manabat and I decided to work on the hardware option of the final project. This included taking the project 3 from where I left off, and adding the capabilities…
Enhanced Obstacle Avoidance with Ultrasonic Sensors on MBOT
Eren and I chose to work as a team for Project 4, and our focus was to implement the ultrasonic sensors to work with the robot’s current systems to achieve a wall-following…
Integrating Ultrasonic Sensors into ‘Follow Me’
How does this project build on or extend previous projects: The final project I did was building on and combining ‘Project 3 Hardware’ and the ‘follow me’ projects. During ‘Project 3 Hardware’…
Navigating the Challenges from C++ to Python
In my last project, I went full on a challenging yet rewarding journey to reimagine our class’s bug navigation project, originally done in C++, using Python. This project not only pushed my…
Path Planning
Introduction In the realm of robotics, navigating an unknown environment poses a significant challenge. P3S (Perceptive, Planner, and Performer System) addresses this challenge by incorporating SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) and an…
Project 3 Reflection: Kori Kobylak
What Is SLAM? SLAM or Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, is the process of how the mbot builds a map using its radar. The mbot does this by first using the Lidar on…
P3S Path Planning Project Post
In the field of autonomous robotics, simultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM, is a vital technology that makes it possible for automated robots to navigate through unfamiliar environments with ease. Two crucial…