Project Requirements and Design Specifications

• The robots must work autonomously and should cooperate together to push the bar from the start line to the finish line while remaining within the lane.
• The robots may communicate with each other and the basestation.
• Coordination code may reside on both of the robots as well as the basestation.
• A black electric tape will be used to mark the lane.
• Approx. width of the lane will be 2m-2.5m (subject to change).
• Approx. width of the bar will be 1m-1.5m (subject to change).
• The basestation should have a start button to start the competition.
• The basestation should display the commands that are sent between the robots and themselves, and between the basestation and the robots. (The data displayed should be easy to understand and not just a display of packets received.)
• Each robot should fit in 6in x 6in x 6in box.
• The portion of the robot used to push the bar should be a maximum of 3in wide.
• Robots will be placed at random within approx. 12-20in from the bar.
• The bar may not be centered in the lane.
• Make no assumption about which robot will be on which side of the bar.
• Robots may not use any mechanical connections between them for any purpose.
• No external devices are allowed to aid in localizing the robots, all your hardware design must be contained within each robots.