Specifications:

The requirements of the system are real time image processing, multitasking, fast actuation of the servo motors, and ball balancing speed (depending on complexity of the VI programming), and interactive control with a LabVIEW front panel GUI. The metrics that we used to measure how fast our system works includes the amount of time taken to process the image and the amount of time the PID control needs to correct the servo angles. Our engineering target for the design is to have the machine work for a range of different shape path generations with small distance error and fast timing to reach the desired location.