Colony¶
Day | Time | Location | Meeting Type |
Thursday | 4:30-5:30pm | NSH 1109 | Status Meeting |
For other meeting times. See roboclub calendar.
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Cookie Schedule¶
Date | Person |
---|---|
09-27 | Tom |
10-04 | Matt |
10-11 | Misty |
10-18 | Alex |
10-25 | Priya |
11-01 | Ben |
11-08 | Jeff |
11-15 | Patricia |
11-22 | Thanksgiving! |
11-29 | Haley |
12-06 | Charles |
01-17 | Rachael |
01-24 | Kevin |
01-31 | Payton |
02-07 | Huijun |
02-14 | Anson |
02-21 | Julian |
02-28 | Tom |
03-21 | Haley |
03-28 | Misty |
04-04 | Alex |
04-11 | Priya |
04-18 | Carnival! |
04-25 | Rachael |
05-02 | Kevin |
Abe, Lalitha, James go first this year, according to last year's schedule. Oops.
Battery Status¶
Battery Number | Type | Status |
---|---|---|
11 | Ni-mh Rechargeable | Good |
? | Alkaline NOT rechargeable | Good (AA Bin is in back of club, next to wire spools, in blue bins) |
1001 | Ni-mh Rechargeable | Meh - works for about 5 minutes on motors |
Robot Status¶
Robot Number | Motors | BOM | Charge Board | Charge Contacts | Homing Beacon | Rangefdr | Encodr | XBee | LF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Effectively destroyed. Need to replace Dragonfly. | |||||||||
Bot 1 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Bot 2 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Photodectection sensor. Battery shorts when fuse is touched. 1/20/2011 - Squeaky right wheel |
Bot 3 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | button2 doesn't work consistently |
Bot 4 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | wireless doesn't work (XBee is NOT the problem), IR5: brand new, but returns 230 for all ranges |
Bot 5 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tested 1/20/2011 |
Bot 6 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tested 01/27/11. Appears to pass all unit test (LCD and line detector not tested). |
Bot 7 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | All tests run on Jan 27, 2011 except: analog,lcd,testir. Missing Main battery connector. Button 1 sometimes gets "stuck." Symptom: Even if button is not pressed bot enters program mode. IR3 reads valid value when nothing is in front of it. End Jan 27, 2011 entry. |
Bot 8 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Decommissioned: Something is wrong with H-Bridge. No Xbee. No Fuse | |
Bot 9 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | BOM doesn't turn on, readings don't make sense, detector 6 is broken |
Bot 10 | Yes | 1.0 | No | No | No | Yes | missing right | No | No | BOM malfunctions (when swapped with another BOM, Bot 10 works => BOM is problem not Bot 10). No wireless. |
Bot 11 | Yes | 1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Had problems running circle.c for formation control; Potentiometer asserts button 1 when it's maxed out. |
Bot 12 | Yes | 1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Power issues? IR2, IR4, IR5 output voltages should be 0->3.3VDC, instead read 2.5->4.8VDC (IR1&IR3 normal) |
Bot 13 | Yes | 1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | EEPROM needs reset, wrong address. BOMs do not seem to emit at all. Power jack needs to be resoldered. |
Bot 14 | Yes | 1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Right encoder unreliable |
Bot 15 | Yes | 1.5 fixed | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | The XBee is broken. No wireless works (both old and new libraries fail). |
Bot 16 | Yes | 1.5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | BOM is not as sensitive as it should be (returns -1 a lot), BOM emitters are not as strong as they should be |
Bot 17 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Not in use | |
Bot 18 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Being used to test charge boards | |
Bot 19 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Used for its XBee along with the joystick to control other robots. | |
Bot 20 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Not in use -- seems to have some usb issues | |
Bot 21 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | diagnostic station board | |
Bot 22 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Object recognition test board |
AS OF: March 29, 2010 for Rangefinders and BOMs
AS OF: September 28, 2009
XBee Dongle Status¶
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