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Today we attended lecture and then assembled our pegbot and got it driving. Trying to get a jump on the work ahead of us, we took pictures of the field and of the balls with our webcam for vision testing and started to wire up several IR sensors and a gyro. | Today we attended lecture and then assembled our pegbot and got it driving. Trying to get a jump on the work ahead of us, we took pictures of the field and of the balls with our webcam for vision testing and started to wire up several IR sensors and a gyro. | ||
Dan finalized 4-bar synthesis for the mechanism that raises the ball hopper up over the wall. He also figured out how everything will fit inside the robot's circular footprint. | Dan finalized 4-bar synthesis for the mechanism that raises the ball hopper up over the wall. He also figured out how everything will fit inside the robot's circular footprint. | ||
| - | == Tuesday January 4 == | + | == Day 2, Tuesday January 4 == |
Dan got the majority of the detailed mechanical design finished. | Dan got the majority of the detailed mechanical design finished. | ||
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Leighton rigged up some sensors. | Leighton rigged up some sensors. | ||
| - | == Wednesday January 5 == | + | == Day 3, Wednesday January 5 == |
D - did more detailed CAD, set up files for rapid cutting, and created an assembly plan so we can start building this weekend. | D - did more detailed CAD, set up files for rapid cutting, and created an assembly plan so we can start building this weekend. | ||
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C - got camera working with personal machine (thanks, staff!), configured ant, set up convenient routine for running robot remotely | C - got camera working with personal machine (thanks, staff!), configured ant, set up convenient routine for running robot remotely | ||
| - | == Thursday January 6 == | + | == Day 4, Thursday January 6 == |
L, S, C - attended lecture | L, S, C - attended lecture | ||
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C - wrote and tested a basic PID controller, worked on checkpoint 4, wrote some edge detection code | C - wrote and tested a basic PID controller, worked on checkpoint 4, wrote some edge detection code | ||
| - | == Friday January 7 == | + | == Day 5, Friday January 7 == |
D, L, S, C - D got in last night, so we met to get him up to speed | D, L, S, C - D got in last night, so we met to get him up to speed | ||
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C - worked on checkpoint 5, eventually got a PD controller running that tracks and approaches a red ball | C - worked on checkpoint 5, eventually got a PD controller running that tracks and approaches a red ball | ||
| - | == Saturday January 8 == | + | == Day 6, Saturday January 8 == |
| - | == Sunday January 9 == | + | == Day 7, Sunday January 9 == |
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Revision as of 01:56, 10 January 2011
Legend
(L)eighton, (D)an, (S)tan, (C)athy
Pre IAP
Day 1, Monday January 3
Today we attended lecture and then assembled our pegbot and got it driving. Trying to get a jump on the work ahead of us, we took pictures of the field and of the balls with our webcam for vision testing and started to wire up several IR sensors and a gyro.
Dan finalized 4-bar synthesis for the mechanism that raises the ball hopper up over the wall. He also figured out how everything will fit inside the robot's circular footprint.
Day 2, Tuesday January 4
Dan got the majority of the detailed mechanical design finished.
Cathy tried to fix a problem with the v4l4j library by setting up a VM with Ubuntu 10,10 and a whole new dev environment on her machine, since certain camera functionality didn't work without v4l4j and v4l4j didn't work with her version of Ubuntu.
Cathy helped Stan and Leighton set up eclipse projects and git working directories.
Cathy, Stan and Leighton discussed software design.
Cathy went to get shop-trained.
Leighton rigged up some sensors.
Day 3, Wednesday January 5
D - did more detailed CAD, set up files for rapid cutting, and created an assembly plan so we can start building this weekend.
L, C - attended lecture, troubleshooted and tested sensors (IR, gyro), worked through checkpoint 3
L - assembled encoders, planning to put them on pegbot tomorrow
S - worked on setting up software framework
C - got camera working with personal machine (thanks, staff!), configured ant, set up convenient routine for running robot remotely
Day 4, Thursday January 6
L, S, C - attended lecture
L - mounted encoders, wired up LED for debugging, helped debug checkpoint 4
S - continued working with software framework: main loop, state machine, sensor abstraction
C - wrote and tested a basic PID controller, worked on checkpoint 4, wrote some edge detection code
Day 5, Friday January 7
D, L, S, C - D got in last night, so we met to get him up to speed
D - measured components to make sure that they fit the mechanical design, made a prototype roller to test out functionality
L - wired up a controller for powering the roller's motor, helped C debug checkpoint 5
S - helped C debug checkpoint 5, worked on wall following code
C - worked on checkpoint 5, eventually got a PD controller running that tracks and approaches a red ball
