Team Eight

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team eight (whose name is undecided) hails from Phi Kappa Sigma and includes the masterful stylings of:

Jon "Harder, Faster" Grimm,

Jayant "Robot-Hater" Krishnamurthy and,

Sean "I've Done This Before" Torrez.

Our planned calendar:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1/9 Overview - Finale	1/10 Vision lecture - Finale Software lecture - Tim or Anders Start working on identifying playing field objects	1/11 Sensors lecture - Dheera Mechanical lecture - Val Checkpoint One Identify all playing field objects Rolling Chassis with all electronics mounted (possibly w/o proper wheels) hopefully including bump sensors and mouse	1/12 Controls lecture - Chris Search playing field for all objects	1/13 Checkpoint Two Must be able to reliably find all playing field objects	1/14 Avoidance routines and timeouts	1/15 Finish work on arm Scoring routines Basic game playing strategy
1/16 Rotating camera/arm assembly complete	1/17 Mapping lecture - Ed Begin mapmaking work	1/18 Complete System integration Make arm work in software Design reviews	1/19 Mock contest Have all major robot components at the competition Dinner and lecture at ITA Software	1/20 Guest lecture: James McLurkin	1/21 Finish up mapping	1/22 Create a gameplay strategy using the map
1/23	1/24	1/25	1/26 Mock contest All components fully functional	1/27	1/28	1/29
1/30 Mock contest	1/31	2/1	2/2 Impounding at 5 pm	2/3 Final contest	2/4 11 am: Google brunch Noon-4pm Cleanup day