LupusBy James and Carol Jean

The Problem• You’ve just come from the beach, and there

are rashes or sores all over your body. They appear around sun exposed areas ( face, ears, neck, etc.)

• You may be diagnosed with lupus

What is Lupus?• Lupus is a lasting inflammatory disease that can affect various

parts of the body, especially the skin, joints, blood, and kidneys.

• Lupus can appear as acne or small irritations on the skin• Also known as systemic lupus erythematous or (SLE)

Biopsy1. First, the skin must be examined in a pathology laboratory.

2. There the pieces of skin are stained, with five types of proteins, to detect specific immune reactants

5 proteins

4 proteins

3 proteins

2 proteins

1 protein

99% 95% 86% 60% 34%

Robot’s biopsy• The first robot senses the color in front of it

(either red or black)• Then it sends the color to the second robot

( using Bluetooth)• The second robot searches for what it was told

and tells the other robot that it found the color.• Then it repeats for the second color.

ConstructionFinding the threshold between red and black

Next, we attached the motors

The finished product

Attaching the white light to produce a reflecting light effect

Programs

First robot program Second robot program

Evaluation / Improvements• The robot worked 3 out of 3 times• Distance was a problem because it needed to be

a certain amount away.• If we had a color sensor we could search for more

colors.

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