Mark Gonyea
Smyrna High School
Computer Programming, Alg II, Statistics 

Dr. Julie Adams - Human Machine Teaming Lab 

This summer my project focus was based on a novel concept of mounting two cameras on top of a robot rather than one.  The idea behind this approach is to provide the remote user of the robot a greater amount of data which allows the user a greater awareness of their surroundings.  Currently, a one camera setup limits the amount of space a controller can visualize. 

I spent my summer writing code that took two images from different focal lengths, merged the images and then used a normal distribution curve to distort the image in such a manner that peripheral vision could be simulated. 

Due to the nature of the project I worked on this summer, I will be able to take my exact research and apply it to the module I write.  Students will be asked to write a program that does the exact problem stated for my research.  This will allow me to teach linked lists, normal distribution curves and image decomposition.