Proposal Executive Summary

June 5, 2003 ECE4006 Senior Design Project Proposal SurveyBot Miguel Lopez Jeremy Coffeen Chris Johnson Executive Summary The following is a proposal for a Senior Design Project consisting of the adaptation of an AmigoBot for use as a survey robot.. Table of Contents Introduction 1 Project Technical Details 1 Tasks Schedule 3 Proposed Demonstration 3 Marketing Cost Analysis 4 Bibliography 6 Appendix: Gantt Chart A-1 Introduction The purpose of the SurveyBot project is to utilize Differential GPS (DGPS) technology into a robotic system capable of navigating accurately to precise locations, as well as mapping the locations of obstacles on the way using sonar and touch sensors.. This system consists of a standard GPS receiver (a Garmin eTrx is being used for testing, while the final design may incorporate a smaller, board-mounted GPS unit), as well as a Differential GPS correction receiver board.. This receiver board is tuned by the GPS receiver to the nearest station broadcasting medium-frequency DGPS corrections, and in turn sends the corrections to the GPS unit, enabling a reported accuracy of 1-3 meters..