Autonomous Solar Panel Grass Maintinence

ABOUT THE PROJECT

A sponsored project by Orlando Utility Commission and Duke Energy, the eGOAT (electronically Guided Omni-Applicable Trimmer) is an autonomous lawn mower that effectively reduces expenditures and carbon-footprint on the planet. It features technology such as Lidar and ROS. The eGOAT is really efficient in terms of power, as efficiency was our highest priority in terms of functionality. As this project is very largeand required many different challenging aspects to be adhered to, numerous fields of engineering teamed up together, including: Electrical-Computer, Mechanical and Computer Science. The project requirements stated by the sponsors have a number of constraints that the engineers had to work with. While we did manage to achieve the majority of the restraints given by the sponsors, we were unfortunately impacted by the corona virus. This forced limited to no meeting times post March 9th, 2020. This made it difficult to test out the last couple constraints and integratethe project.

Sales Pitch Video

Our Team

Steven Cheney

Computer Engineer

Steven Cheney is one of the three Computer Engineers on this EGOAT team. He is a jack of all trades, having experience ranging from hardware assembly and design, to having programming experience.

Jordan Germinal

Computer Engineer

Jordan Germinal is one of the three Computer Engineers working on this project. He is primarily working on the autonomous lawn mower’s robot vision with the Computer Science major on this team, Davis Rollman.

Eduardo Guevara

Computer Engineer

Eduardo Guevara is one of the three Computer Engineers within the project that will be helping with several subsystems towards the final solution. He focused in working on the Navigation and Localization subsystems closely related to several parts of the hardware stack. He will be taking on a position at L3Harris as a digital design engineer.

Davis Rollman

Computer Science

Davis Rollman is the only computer science major on the team, but not the only coder. He worked with Jordan Germinal on Computer Vision aspects of the project. We will be using the LIDAR sensor to gather data about the world around the robot.

Jonathan Smith

Electrical Engineer

Jonathan Smith is the only electrical engineer on the team, his main focus was to be on power and PCBs. This project needed quite a few PCBs including the microcontroller, motor drivers, voltage regulators, remote relays, and emf sensor.

Natalie Cline

Mechanical Engineer

Natalie Cline is one of four mechanical engineers on the project. She focused on mechanical design of the rover using 3D modeling software as well as project management. Post graduation, Natalie will be pursuing a career in mechanical systems design.

Nicolas Delligatti

Mechanical Engineer

Zackery krupa is the mechanical engineer who focused on the drivetrain design and solidworks stress simulations of the rover. After graduation zack hopes to pursue a career in the automotive industry.

Zackery Krupa

Mechanical Engineer

Nicolas Delligatti is a mechanical engineer that worked on the trimmer subsystem. He focused on designing a mechanism that allowed the rover to trim at various heights. He was also the project’s Purchasing Coordinator and responsible for parts procurement. After graduation, Nicolas will start his engineering career as a Distribution Line Engineer.

Bien Nguyen

Mechanical Engineer

Kaden Nguyen is a Mechanical Engineering student on the project. He focused on the mechanical construction of the rover including construction of the rover carrier. He is intended to continue his college education pursuing his Master in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.

Documentation

Divide & Conquer

Conference Paper

Critical Design Review

Final Presentation

Final Presentation Video

Technical Demo

Mechanical Engineering Final Document

ECE SD1 Final Document

ECE SD2 Final Document