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== Week 1 ==
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== Daily Journal ==
  
 
===== Day 0 (1/5) =====
 
===== Day 0 (1/5) =====
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===== Day 5 (1/10) =====
 
===== Day 5 (1/10) =====
*Hardware team arrives
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*66% of hardware team arrives
 
*Initial hardware brainstorming
 
*Initial hardware brainstorming
 
*Naps
 
*Naps
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===== Day 6 (1/11) =====
 
===== Day 6 (1/11) =====
 
*Day of rest
 
*Day of rest
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*Naps
  
 
===== Day 7 (1/12) =====
 
===== Day 7 (1/12) =====
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*Full team arrives
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*CAD begins: turntable (Tratt), stack canisters (Jordan), base plate layout (Kurtzy)
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*Software dev: openCV (Sandy Cheeks), encoders (Lerner)
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===== Day 8 (1/13) =====
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*Continued CAD: turntable (2am Tratt Attack), claw (E.J.)
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*Fabrication begins: laser cutting of stack canisters (Jordan, Tratt),
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Revision as of 21:01, 26 January 2015

Contents

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