Building a SumoBot Robot with a AVR Butterfly Microcontroller

Abstract

This thesis is a good documentation where tells how to design and develop a system for a Sumo robot using a Avr Butterfly Microcontroller. The goal is to give an idea of what is necessary to do to understand and develop embedded drivers for each component/sensor. The first part is the background chapter, which transmit basic background information to have a better comprehension and a global view of the later parts of this project. The main content of the report are the chapters describing implementation of the system, being this divided in three major topics: Analysis and Design, Implementation and Testing. In the analysis and design chapter a studied of the hardware limitations, suitable system architectures and testing plan to select the best hardware and software designs for the system. Most of the descriptions in the implementation-chapters are in the form of instructions to make it easier to follow and understand the different phases involved. There you can find the steps to build and program the Sumobot. Finally the test chapter gives exemplifications of some ad hoc tests that are essential for the robot components’ analysis.