This document summarizes an automated robot guidance project using cricket sensors. The project has two main parts: a sensor application that uses listener crickets to calculate the robot's position on a map, and a robot application that receives commands from the sensors to guide it across the map. The project manager is a coordinating professor, and there are two software developers, one for the sensors and one for the robot. The project follows a schedule of research, requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, and presentation. OpenProj project management software was used to efficiently organize the work.
2. Description
• The system has two main parts
▫ Sensor Application
▫ Robot Application
• The listener cricket “feels” the beacon crickets,
knows the map and calculates the initial position
• Using a protocol, the sensor sends commands to
the robot and guides him across the map in
order to gather certain data
3. Human Resources
• Project Manager- the coordinating professor
• Two Software Developers
▫ Oana- sensors
▫ Radu- robot
• Standard Payment
▫ Project Manager: 35₤/h
▫ Software Developer: 20₤/h
• Overtime Payment
▫ Project Manager: 45₤/h
▫ Software Developer: 30₤/h
4. Special Resources
• Cricket Sensors
• WiRobot X80
• 2 USB-to-Serial cables
• 10 AA Batteries
13. Conclusions
• OpenProj helped us to efficiently organize our
work
• It was very simple and intuitive to use and also
saved us a lot of time
• Using this management tool we can easily
schedule each task, estimate the duration of a
project or assess costs
