
The original prototype consisted of many of the panels described in section 4.4. The large video
screen can be seen on the left center of the screen. The rear-view camera is directly above it.
Bordering the main video screen are colored boxes indicating the current values returned by the
distance sensors. Directly below the video screen is the mode panel, indicating that the robot is
currently in safe mode. Directly to the right of the main video screen is the map indicating the
robots path through the course, as well as its current position and orientation. On the top-right
of the interface is the status panel, indicating battery life, max speed and that the brake is on.
This prototype was created as an exercise to express how the interface design might look.
5.1.2 Version 1.0
Figure 14: Screenshot of version 1.0
Several cosmetic changes were made between the prototype and this version. These changes
included a more aesthetically pleasing mode bar. We also added text to say what mode the robot
is currently in to reinforce the background color. Also, instead of the ranging information being
displayed in boxes around the main video screen, we chose to use colored bars. We
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