About the project

What have I learned in this project?

3D Print The Robot

Another solution is to make the robot ourselves. Bradley University has 3D printers, which allows us to 3D print certain parts in the physical robot to keep costs low.

Cost Efficient & Accessible Robots

Our goal was to create cheap robots for an AI class taught at Bradley University to give students a place to test their algorithms. Assignments are completed on a mat with simple objects.

Where can you find our work?

I have attached the link to Github below:

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Test Algorithms By Simulating Robots

One solution was to virtually simulate robots through Webots. Students are given a easy-to-follow guide through GitHub with premade worlds that feature real-world unpredictability.

After this project, I have learned more about robotics, how to put all the components together, and AI especially. With the help from Google Colab, YOLOv8 and Roboflow, I was able to train my own model and import it into the system to recognize different objects.

There were definitely a lot of challenges along the way. This project started as the first large scale project for my partners, and it started with a goal, but no clear path to get there. Most of us had very little experience in robots, so we had to identify the optimal approach for simulating and constructing robots without much guidance. I had to learn AI all by myself and it took a long time to understand how everything works.

Webots Challenges

Webots Backend

After all, the project ended in a good place and it was rewarding being able to showcase everything we have done during the whole year. The simulation side is easy to use for students, but the physical robot is still lacking. We should've had engineers help with the design because learning how to design delayed the development of the physical robot too much.

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