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*got communication between edison and gyroscope
 
*got communication between edison and gyroscope
 
*kit bot drives around avoiding walls
 
*kit bot drives around avoiding walls
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==== Week 3 Goals ====
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*Have final chassis replace kitbot by Monday
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*Entire robot CAD complete by Sunday
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*Be capable of driving toward and aligning with a stack of cubes at mock competition
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*Zero electrical shorts over the next week

Revision as of 19:16, 16 January 2015

Contents

Week 1

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

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