Primary Functions

The Minimum Viable Product or MVP, for short, is the baseline goal for HARRT. Therefore, as the team makes progress we will further develop our literature reviews for the related functions as they become integrated into the projected final project. The primary functions for the MVP are indicated below. 

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Swim (MVP)

Unprecedented natural disasters have recently been impacting world environments, Hurricane Ida being a recent example. The functionality to swim stems from the robot’s ability to navigate waters to provide aid to those stranded due to hurricanes and flooding.

Land Movement (MVP)

Land movement is critical to our mission of helping in hazardous areas as it enables the robot to move without a handler entering the hazardous area.

Balance

With the goal of enabling the robot to traverse uneven terrain and travel underwater, subsystems that maintain balance become keystones of the robot’s operational framework.

Climb & Scale Obstacles

Whether in service performing reconnaissance in uncharted territory or providing aid in disaster-struck environments, the ability to traverse and navigate uneven terrain can be considered an essential function for any robotic system seeking to provide high utility to its operators.

Grab

Whether operating remotely or independently, the addition of a robotic arm elevates the impact of a robot, allowing it to transition from being a mere observer into a system that can interact with its environment and itself.

Transition Between Environments (MVP)

Our amphibious robot must be able to move between environments in order to assist and traverse changing hazardous conditions.

Object Detection & Avoidance

As a result of disasters happening every day, large or small scale, we came in need of our team’s robot to be able to avoid many hazards when going into dangerous situations and how the function of avoiding objects was decided upon.