Team Nine/Journal
From Maslab 2015
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Daily Journal
Day 0 (1/5)
- Brainstormed multiple methods of picking up and sorting blocks
- Brainstormed drive train ideas
- got started with edison
- successfully ran some sample programs
- began cadding ideas
Day 1 (1/6)
- Created state machine outline
- Created general software outline
- Received shop training
- Began working with sensors on Edison
- Soldered voltage regulator to battery pack for use with Edison
Day 2 (1/7)
- assembled servo shield and mounted on Edison
- successfully captured color video with camera with OpenCV
- printed kit bot and began assembly
- fixed voltage regulator
- Tested motors with motor controller
Day 3 (1/8)
- fully assembled kit bot with wiring
- got kit bot moving
- calibrated our sensors partially
- wrote test program for testing kit bot
Day 4 (1/9)
- calibrated ir sensors
- fitted IR sensor data
- gyroscope hooked up
- got communication between edison and gyroscope
- kit bot drives around avoiding walls
Day 5 (1/10)
- 66% of hardware team arrives
- Initial hardware brainstorming
- Naps
Day 6 (1/11)
- Day of rest
- Naps
Day 7 (1/12)
- Full team arrives
- CAD begins: turntable (Tratt), stack canisters (Jordan), base plate layout (Kurtzy)
- Software dev: openCV (Sandy Cheeks), encoders (Lerner)
Day 8 (1/13)
- Continued CAD: turntable (2am Tratt Attack), claw (E.J.)
- Fabrication begins: laser cutting of stack canisters (Jordan, Tratt),
Week 3 Goals
- Have final chassis replace kitbot by Monday
- Entire robot CAD complete by Sunday
- Be capable of driving toward and aligning with a stack of cubes at mock competition
- Zero electrical shorts over the next week