FUSION Robot Pupper

Background:

FUSION's year-long engineering project serves as an introduction for our club members on how engineering projects are handled in both school and the real world. This year each team researched, designed, and built an affordable, voice-controlled quadruped robot pupper. Students had the creative freedom to explore different sensors, materials, and designs to complete their goal, which includes CAD designs/drawings and finished paperwork documenting the process, materials, and tools used. The project culminated with each team showcasing their creations in a dog show competition that tested their pupper's speed and abilities through some creative doggo tricks.

Goals & Objectives:

Develop an affordable, voice-controlled quadruped
Fall Quarter: Gantt chart, UROP Proposal application, brainstorm designs
Winter Quarter: Finalize design, software application, frame construction
Spring Quarter: Quality assurance, optimization, video, presentation

Requirements:

$1,500 budget for each team
Must be reminiscent of a dog (head, eyes, or tail)
Must be able to receive input from voice recognition sensors and/or a controller
Must present a video to "advertise" the robot dog to the audience
Must follow the judging criteria: design, uniqueness, ability to respond to voice, presentation

Teams: