Welcome to the Mutant Mazerunner’s Website: The Runner-Ups for the Fall 2017 ECE 3400 Competition

This website is directed towards the future students of ECE 3400 at Cornell University as well as any college students looking for examples of how to build a robot that can navigate and map out a maze with treasures in the shortest possible time. Here you will find useful tips and tutorials to help you navigate ECE 3400 and introduce you to robotics with Arduino, sensors, servos, FPGA, and much more…

Fall 2017 ECE 3400 Competition Awards:

2nd Place Overall Out of 17 Teams
Award for Cleanest Arduino Code

The Mutant Mazerunners (a.k.a Team Members):

Logan Horowitz,
Trisha Ray,
Francis Yu,
Paige Trexel,
Yonghun Lee,
James Connelly

…and of course our amazing robot named CALVIN

Table of Contents

Final Robot:

• Meet Calvin
• Optimization After Milestone 4
• Note: All Final Code on Our Github

Labs:

• Lab 1: Introduction to Microcontrollers
• Lab 2: Analog Circuits and Filtering
• Lab 3: Using An FPGA
• Lab 4: Communication Via Radio

Milestones:

• Milestone 1: Line Follower
• Milestone 2: Wall and Treasure Detection
• Milestone 3: Maze Exploration Algorithm
• Milestone 4: Maze and Treasure Mapping

Tutorials:

• AutoCAD for 2D Design
• PCB Design
• Useful Information and Lessons Learned

Other:

• Ethics Case Study: Autonomous Drones and Warfare (PDF)
• Robot Components and Cost
• Meeting Minutes
• Team Contract (PDF)

Thank you for visiting our website! We hope you find this information useful and hope to see you improve upon our designs!