Jakku — Autonomous Gameplaying Robot

c. 2016

Mechatronics

Pratham Jain, Mikael Jorda, Michael Tomasi, Jamie Young

 

Jakku was an autonomous game-playing robot designed and built for Stanford’s ME 210. Optimized for a specific game board and game protocol, Jakku incorporated various electromechanical functionalities, including:

  • Ability to move in all directions

  • Ability to follow a black tape line using optical IR sensors

  • Ability to detect IR, and turn to face the emitter directly

  • Ability to deposit poker chips in a 1 square foot bin

Jakku’s mechanical design was based around two distinct subassemblies - a base level which held our drivetrain, our circuitry and a stepper motor to drive the turret, and a rotating turret that allowed for a single token at a time to be deposited into a bin.

 

Note that Jakku was controlled by an Arduino Uno programmed in Arduino, and was powered by two 7.2V batteries. Furthermore, all circuit boards used were custom designed and constructed.

For an in depth description of Jakku, see the project website linked below.