Date:         1/08/09

Student Name:          Matthew Rosen

TA : Mike Pridgen

Thomas Vermeer

Instructors:  Dr. A. Antonio Arroyo

Dr. Eric M. Schwartz

University of Florida

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 5666

Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

Weekly Report 1

I brainstormed robot ideas in lab and with some of my friends and stumbled upon one I liked; a poker dealer robot. I spent several hours refining the idea, going through what sensors would be necessary what servos I would need and so forth. I ordered the USB atmel programmer and an automatic card shuffler as a starting point for the robot design (and to help judge design feasibility).