Autonomous Mobile Robot Operation: Playing Paper Football
John Kurien, Eric M. Schwartz, A. Antonio Arroyo · 2009
The designed robot, “Tim TeBOT”, plays paper football against a human opponent. It operates with the function of hitting a yellow paper football to score a touchdown, then allowing the human opponent to take their turn. All components are interfaced with an ATmega 128 processor. A CMU Cam 2+ is used for vision sensing of a yellow paper football on the field. A custom stadium was designed for the robot to play which allowed for a more desirable and consistent autonomous operation. Ultrasonic sensors are used to determine distances and robot location on the field. The robot was able to play the game as desired with only minor issues in actual execution.