The objective of the course project was to design and build an autonomous search and rescue robot that navigated a mine of a known layout. Simultaneously, during navigation, the SARbot must be able to successfully locate and secure a trapped miner given, its location.

The course project was divided into three phases:

Phase A: Given the location of the miner, the SARbot must navigate the maze and locate and secure the miner.

Phase B: The SARbot must complete Phase A again but retrieve the miner by returning to the start point of the maze.

Phase C: The SARbot must complete Phase A and Phase B again but with unknown obstacles randomly placed in the maze.

Preliminary design sketches of the SARbot can be viewed below.