Attributes, aptitudes and abilities demonstrated throughout the course of this project.

Technical Skills

Programming

• Python code

• Working with virtual hardware simulations

• Git VCS and GitHub

  • Aided in managing software and collaboration
  • Branching
  • Version control, reverting and updating changes to code

  

  Figure 1. Project GitHub Repository Main Page.

• Algorithm design

  • Pseudocode
  • Program organization
  • Function use

  

  Figure 2. Example of Program Organization and Function Usage.

Software Use

• Quanser Interactive Labs Virtual Environment

  • Virtual environment simulations of hardware components

  

  Figure 3. Q-Arm Bottle Sorting System in Virtual Environment.

• Python IDEs

  • IDLE and other available IDEs

Hardware Sensors

• Ultrasonic sensor
• Line-following (infrared) sensor

Figure 4. Q-Bot Returning Home Using Line-Following Sensors.

Engineering Design

• Determining Objectives and Constraints

• High-level process design using pseudocode

• Constructing a problem statement

  Design a system for a sorting facility that can efficiently handle, identify, and determine the recyclability of different containers. The system should identify the material type of a container and determine whether its contents are recyclable in an integrated sorting system, and then transfer and deposit the container from the sorting system to a terrestrial drone, and then transport the drone to drop the container in the corresponding bin, and repeat this process.

Soft Skills