When I was thinking about the final project my first idea was to make something innovative and playful at the same time. I decided to make a maze solving robot. The robot would solve the maze on its own, but I would make it interactive by allowing the users to set up the maze how they want.
I plan to create the maze out of cardboard to make it easy to transport and not heavy to move around and change between users. I am planning to also mark sport on the bottom to show outlines of where the boxes can be placed. The user will still be able to place the boxes however they want, but this needs to be done to insure the users don’t put the boxes too close or too far apart therefor “confusing” the robot. To mark these outlines I am planning to simply tape some colored tape on the floor.
The robot will use a DC motor with wheels to move around and would “see” using the ultrasonic distance sensors. Currently I am looking into making the design as wireless as possible in a sense that the robot will be powered using external power like batteries and not be connected to the laptop to allow for better mobility. The batteries are a solution for the power part, but for the p5 code I will have to be connected to my laptop. I am looking into ways to make the Arduino connect to p5 using Bluetooth but if it proves to be too unreliable I will use the cable and figure out how to adjust the mobility based on that.
As for p5js I plan to make a outline of the “map” of the maze. The robot will move around and leave dots or “breadcrumbs” to show the quickest way solve the given way. I think this will give a nice UI to the whole design.