welcome to the NUClear Winter
where robots of destruction are our speciality
team members
- Jensen Curtiss
- Shruti Garg
- Maanasa Kotha
- Jared Prince
- Naomi Zecharias
the bot she sure exists alright (update with pic of final version when final version exists irl)
design process 1/4
- Wired up the basic electric components of our bot (motors, motor controllers, teensy, NUC, fuse, switch)
1/5
- Controls lecture
1/6
- Intro to ROS lecture
1/7
- Work begins on the CAD! Set up the workspace on Fusion 360 so all of us can CAD
1/8
- Talked about basic strategy
- Designed a new top plate to accomodate an onboarding ramp
1/9
- New top plate cut out!
1/10
- Fixed the wiring after not realizing the diagram for the wiring was changed
1/11
- Fizzbuzz, the bold attempt!
1/12
- Fizzbuzz now works properly and fixed errors where two people were working on it and accidentally edited each others' files.
1/13
- Preparation to get batteries, we had all of our wiring double checked and okayed!
- No batteries left though :(
1/14
- Code and CAD
1/15
- Weekend break
1/16
- Set up remote machine to easily edit code
- Discussed strategy extensively
- Began designs on V2 to address current design concerns
- Work session for code and CAD
1/17
- MLK, we all took a break today for the holiday.
1/18
- Ball tracking is now reliable!
- Parts for belt design intake ordered
- Laser cutting!
1/19
- Finally received our team's battery!
- Robot moves!
1/20
- More CAD
- More Code
1/21
- Laser cut parts for V2 and putting together the new onboarding ramp
- More progress on vision + map code
1/22
- Ball tracking can identify between red and green balls
- Electronics properly mounted into V1, can drive on the ground!
1/23
- Lots of CAD for V2
- Updates to map_reader
1/24
- Larger pieces of wood are in so, laser cut more pieces for V2
- 3D printed off pieces for V2
- Started integrating a gyroscope into our localization
1/25
- More cutting wood, putting parts together and organizing wiring
- Finishing CAD