• As a team of 6, we were tasked with designing and building an autonomous tank to be ran in a face-off competition against other autonomous tank projects

• Using image recognition software, the tank was to move around the play area, searching for the opponent tank to automatically begin firing ping pong balls at

• Integration of movement, aiming, and firing software to communicate with sensors and cameras on an Arduino computer to determine its positioning, determining the order of signals sent to motor controllers for the tank to perform actions

• Coded communications between sensors and movement motors to perform actions based on  the Pixy camera's image recognition in Arduino

• Testing to determine optimal conditions to fire ping pong balls at the right trajectory and velocity for hitting an opponent without first impacting the floor

• Manufactured circuit boards to connect sensors, motors, drivers, electrical power, and the Arduino computer

• Assembly of the final robot

• Successfully manufactured an autonomous tank that was able to move within the play area based on infrared and ultrasonic sensors

Key Learnings: The programmed list of movements were unsuccessful for properly positioning the tank within the play area, leaving it unable to act in a position to recognize a target and begin firing. With additional time, the software would be adjusted to more precisely control the engagement time and latency for the motors when communicating with the sensors to displace the robot in more intentional movements, allowing it to recognize and act on opponents.