Team Members:

Raul Barahona

Mohamed ElKarawy

Jackie Schneider

Daniel Ward

One Team to Rule Them All

presenting

ROBO RAGGINS

EGN 1935: ECE (Ad)Ventures, Spring 2013

Member biographiesRobo’s StoryTeam Conclusions

Itinerary

Biographies

2nd semester Freshman

Major: Computer Engineering Software

Learned: more about circuits, sensors, motors, and sound; how expensive it is to develop electronics

Course’s Effect on Future: work more with hardware; code and build own robot as personal project

Raul Barahona

UF Goals: get involved with Robotics Club and UF Programming Team

Career Goals: work at Microsoft; become a developer for Xbox

Words of Wisdom: Do the best you can with what life has given you! Use your time in college carefully and enjoy it as well. Find something you are passionate about and hold on to it. That way you end up doing something you love!

Sophomore

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Gained first hand experience when seeing robots for first time; learned about circuits and teamwork

Course’s Effect on Future: Didn’t impact future plans, but robots are cool

Mohamed ElKarawy

UF Plans: get an ME degree; get more involved in mechanical engineering societies

Career Goals: get a job in one of the top automotive companies

Words of Wisdom: "The Germans are clear about what they do - cars and machine tools; the Japanese are clear about what they do - electronics; the Chinese are clear about what they do - they're the workshop of the world.“ -Evan Davis

2nd semester Freshman

Major: Engineering (undecided)

Gained: understanding of mechanics and applications of robots

Future Impact: taking programming classes in summer

Jackie Schneider

UF Plans: 1. Choose major(s)2. Get degrees(s)

Career Plans: 1. Explore the world2. Get job(s)

Words of Wisdom: can do anything, but not everything (try not to overburden yourself)

1st year freshman; majoring in Aerospace Engineering

Learned importance of teamwork & hands-on learning

Gained: knowledge on proper circuitry building; insight on how interfaces can limit originality

Course’s Effect on Future Plans: Design better tech for researching other

planetsExpand importance of science to society

Daniel Ward

UF Goals:Lead AeroGators on future autonomous

aircraft designsContinue working in MIL and improve

the PropaGator over the yearsAttain degree in Aerospace Engineering

Career Goals: work for company like NASA and be part of mission discovering life on another planet

Words of Wisdom: “There is more depth of beauty in the fantasy of the real.” –Hank Green

An Unexpected JourneyRobo Raggins’ Story

Initially not keen on adventureHad to be programmed for exact tasks

Over course of weeks, acquiredStealth (avoid obstacles)Night vision (sense darkness)Communication (play a tune)

Culminating in ability to travel all over table and arrive safely back home

The Robot, The Legend

Epilogue

Technology is unpredictable.

At one moment, your design is flawless; the next moment, everything fails. It only goes

to show that you should always

expect the unexpected.

Team Conclusions