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Traffic Cone Deployment Robot

We are a team of undergraduate Engineering Science students from the University of Toronto that designed and fabricated an autonomous mobile traffic cone deployment robot.

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Specifications

The machine is expected to deploy a number of small size traffic cones within a designed lane. The lane is 25 cm wide and 400 cm long, and it is defined by two lines along the length made of black hockey tape with a width of 2 cm. The deployment of the cones during the operation depends on whether the machine detects a “hole” or “crack” on the ground as well as their distance from each other. Each hole is represented by a square mark on the floor, made of black hockey tape and with a length of 4 cm, whose center is on the lane centerline. Each crack is represented by a lateral line normal to the lane borderlines with a length of 15 cm and width of 2 cm.

Operation

The machine is initially positioned behind the Start Line in standby mode. The operation begins by pressing the <start> button on the keypad. The robot then travels along the lane until it detects a hole or crack. If the machine detects a hole, the robot deploys one cone on top of the hole, such that the cone completely covers the hole. If the robot detects a crack, the robot deploys two cones on top of the crack, such that they do not contact each other and each covers a least 5 cm of the crack.

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