#badass Woman Project Entry - Sylvie Ha

Name: Sylvie Ha

Current home town: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Did you attend university? Currently attending University of Sydney completing a Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Mechatronic)

Current Job:Final year student at university, casual tutor for primary and high school students

Your favorite electronics projects from element14 presents or youtube:

One of my all time favourite electronics projects is the Radio Control for RC Models and Arduino Projects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzNROquPEHQ

Tell us about your project:

My project is a robot vacuum created with an Arduino Uno and 3D printed components.

:? Code snips, 3d print files, etc.

https://github.com/sylvha/element14contest_robot_vacuum

Your Project video:

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phoenixcomm over 5 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

beacon_dave I like the idea a robot could mutter
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phoenixcomm over 5 years ago

kellyhensen well-done video. slick job, music, and code window,
~Cris
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beacon_dave over 5 years ago

How well does the sweeping action work with the current design ?

Also how long does it run for on a set of batteries ? I think you are right with induction charging as people would quickly tire of opening it up to swap the batteries. Induction would also allow the robot to self-charge easily when it detected it was running low on power. Emptying needs to be kept easy as well - perhaps a hinged flap that can be released whilst holding the unit over a bin might be more user-friendly.

I notice that you refer to it as a robot vacuum however perhaps robot sweeper would be more accurate as there is no vacuum involved in this design. Over here in the UK, a lot of people still refer to vacuum cleaners as 'hoovers' after the original brand name of a successful vacuum cleaner 'Hoover' which dominated the market for nearly a century, but no longer does so.

I'm not sure if anyone has attempted it or not but adding some personality such that it whimpered if it got stuck in a corner or muttered/grumbled if it encountered a stubborn patch could be rather entertaining. Cleaning robot M·O in the 'foreign contaminant' scene in the movie WALL·E is just brilliant.
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davedarko over 5 years ago in reply to sylvieha

right, that would work as well! Nice
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sylvieha over 5 years ago in reply to rocits

Aw thank you, unfortunately I don't have a YouTube channel
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sylvieha over 5 years ago in reply to davedarko

Thank you so much, the robot vacuum does get stuck sometimes so maybe a servo to move the ultrasonic sensor is a good idea!
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rocits over 5 years ago

Fantastic design work & build, nice one!

Do you have a YT project channel? So I can add you to a YouTube playlist here to keep track of channels/videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFDZhLtOt5g&list=PLUqSARZt5KdEc90IqY_D4yOoR3qGEeSMC&index=2&t=0s
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davedarko over 5 years ago

Ah that's a very cool project, something I definitely should build myself. Are you planning on adding more sensors? Looks like it got stuck in certain cases. Your presentation didn't leave anything open and I enjoyed watching it.

I'm pretty sure that in every video I made for element14, I had to reshoot the intro because I forgot my name, so I can totally relate with you at the end of the video

Thank you for sharing your project and good luck with the contest!
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sylvieha over 5 years ago in reply to baldengineer

Thanks! CAD is very satisfying to build. Best part!
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sylvieha over 5 years ago in reply to mmaggpie

Awesome! I would love to see how your robot will turn out
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