Author Archives: Ahmed E. Gado

Lucy, Kevin, David & Ahmed’s MINIONS

For our playful creations, we built two Minions. One Minion tracks where you are and follows you, keeping a certain distance away. The other Minion is a similar concept to a wind-up car. After pushing a button to start recording its motion, the Minion keeps track of motor rotation so it can play back the […]

Ahmed E. GadoDecember 7, 2016Final Proj Prototype

David & Ahmed’s Ultrasonic (and Light) Sensor Investigation

We first attempted to find a relationship between the reflected light value from the light sensor and the distance away from the light sensor. However, using a standard piece of chipboard, the reflected light scaled value had no discernable relationship to distance, even when outliers were excluded. So, we changed our investigation to one of […]

Ahmed E. GadoSeptember 25, 2016Proj 2: Sensors