PRE2016 3 Groep19

Group members

• Jeanpierre Balster - 0864027
• Mike Beckers - 0943224
• Elise Levert - 0883583
• Joël Peeters - 0939193
• Kady Schotman - 0958295
• Elise Verhees - 0950109

Planning

A rough planning of the whole project containing the milestones in the process:

Week 1: Decide on the subject by brainstorming.

Week 2: Do some basic research about the chosen subject and make a presentation about it (including objectives and approach).

Week 3: Create a planning (inclusive a presentation about it), finalize definition deliverables, define milestones. Start working on specific tasks of the literature research.

Week 4: State-of-the-art literature research. Decide solution on Thursday.

Week 5: Do further more detailed literature. Begin Netlogo simulation.

Week 6: Refine solution based on literature. Continue on Netlogo simulation.

Week 7: Finalize NetLogo deliverable.

Gantt chart:

Case study

Group 19 will work on researching a space cleaning robot. This is currently a relevant problem; millions of pieces of space debris are orbiting the Earth. These pose a threat to satellites and spacecrafts which can collide with the debris (forming even more debris). Even if from now on nothing would be shot into space anymore, the amount of space debris would still increase, since pieces of debris can collide with each forming new pieces of debris. The problem needs to be solved using an Artificial Intelligent autonomously functioning device, since it is not possible to control the device from Earth, due to the time it would take to receive and send information from and to space (the debris would already be out of reach before the information is send back to Earth). The robot should be able to autonomously complete the following tasks: locate the debris, either collect and store the debris or push it in the right direction, return to Earth. Furthermore, research should be done on how to get rid of the debris. Will the robot burn the debris upon reentering of the Earth's atmosphere or will it bring he debris back to Earth (for the use of recycling).

Objectives

The objectives are answering the following research questions through literature research:

Furthermore, a NetLogo simulation will be made.

Approach

The approach is to realize the following deliverables:

1. A literature research on:

• The current impact of the space debris on society
• The current impact of the space debris on enterprises
• The current ways of finding space debris
• The current ways approaching the debris (to catch it)
• The current ways of retrieving debris from space (catching and storing or pushing in the right direction)
• The current ways if getting rid of the debris (burn up/bring back to Earth)
• The current ways of returning the device to earth

2. A concept for the best solution / improving existing solutions

• The impact of the solution on society
• The impact on enterprises of the solution
• The best way to find debris
• The best way to approach it
• The best way to get rid of it
• The best way to retrieve the debris from space
• The best way to return to earth

3. A Netlogo simulation

• Which will simulate the search path
• Which will simulate transporting the debris

USE aspects

The relevant USE aspects in our project.

First chapter

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References

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