The IEEE Micromouse DeCal is aimed at students with a strong interest in robotics, who want to pursue a hardware project but may not have the resources to do so on their own. The course will be taught in the context of IEEE’s Micromouse competition, in which students form teams of 2-3 to navigate a 16x16 maze. By the end of the semester, students will be able to build an autonomous, maze-solving robot with minimal assistance, using skills that are extendable to real-world robotics problems. Special focus is given to topics including electrical and firmware engineering, brushed motors, sensing, pathfinding, and control theory. This course fits in with other courses in the department like EE16B.
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| Week | Title | Content | Links |
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1 2/8 |
What is Micromouse? |
• Tournament video, rules • Course logistics, questions |
Slides Recording |
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2 2/15 |
No class (Presidents' Day) | ||
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3 2/22 |
Lab 1: Arduino Basics |
• Team matching/signups • High-level overview of schematic |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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4 3/1 |
Lab 2: Encoders |
• Finally we interact with the real world! • Hall Effect Sensors • Polling, Interrupts |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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5 3/8 |
Lab 3: ToF Sensors |
• More Sensor Communication! • ToF (Time of Flight) Distance Sensors • I2C |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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6 3/15 |
Lab 4: Odometry |
• Linear and angular velocity • Differential Drive |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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7 3/22 |
No class (Spring Break!) | ||
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8 3/29 |
Lab 5: Intro to PID |
• Motor control! • The 'P' in PID |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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9 4/5 |
Lab 5: Intro to PID (cont.) | ||
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10 4/12 |
Lab 6: More PID |
• The 'I' in PID • Turning and wall following |
Slides Lab Page Recording |
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11 4/19 |
Lab 6: More PID (cont.) | ||
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12 4/26 |
Final Overview and Extra Topics |
Slides Recording |