Guidelines

Final Report and Presentation Format

Final Written Report Format:

• Each team must submit one final report.
• All the reports must be typed in Word Perfect or MS Word. Please convert them to PDF before uploading it to the blackboard.
• Neatness and consistency are important virtues. You must also organize your report according to the sections below.

1. Title of report

2. Group Information

(a) Group picture
(b) Team member names in the caption of the picture: identifying each student      from left to right
(c) Individual team member picture
(d) Group Number
(e) Optional: Name of Team
(f) Optional: Name of Robot

3. Objective of the project

4. Resources needed to create the robot

(a) Parts List (listing of parts used, e.g. handyboard, # of motors, sensor types)
(b) Program Listing (complete source code listing with explanatory comments,  e.g. why counter variables and their limits were chosen, etc.)

5. Procedures to implement the robot

(a) List the components of your robot and briefly describe their function.
(b) How you broke up the team (software designers vs. robot builders)
(c) Order of development (small hardware prototype, small software prototype, how you extended into full fledged program)

6. Challenges faced while implementing the robot

(difficulties writing the program, difficulties with friction, difficulties with handyboard, motor strength, as well as successes you are proud of, etc.)

7. Arduino Discussion

(a) Background on Arduino
(b) Explanation of experimental setup (brief discussion)
(i) Picture
(c) Results discussion

8. Conclusions (objectives vs. results)

Things you have learned while implementing the robot,
(for example: The relationship between software and hardware, how could your robot be improved – via hardware or software, what would you have liked to add, did your initial projections about how your robot would work, match the final implementation, etc.)

Oral Presentation Format:

• Each team will present one presentation.
• You should write your written report before creating your oral presentation, so that it may be used as a reference for your oral presentation.
• Your oral presentation is to be done using MS PowerPoint.
• Should have at least one slide per report section (no more than 2).
• Should have at least one slide briefly discussing the source code

• • (discuss major concepts in program – use of while loop, sensors used, counter variables, thresholds for the sensors – how did you arrive at values?  Basically – how did you implement the assignment)

• Presentation is a reflection of your written report.
• Only main points of each section should be discussed on each slide. (Meaning that you should not just copy/paste your report onto the slide, concise bullet points that you will discuss during your presentation should be carefully thought out).
• Pictures (Robot pictures & group pictures) are required, and are available for download from the course website. Group picture should appear on the first slide, with caption identifying each member from left to right
• Presentation should be between 5-7 minutes.
• Each group member is expected to participate in the presentation.
• Each group member should discuss what difficulties/successes they faced. (Basically, what you have learned from the course)