04.24.2009
- Topics
- MoM
- Justin and Bradley on Mapping presentation
- Poster to be done this week, we will ask for your parts soon
- MoM
- Status Updates
- Diagnostic Station
- Tests
- 4+1 tests
- Server
- Serial communication now reading from robot
- TODO: sending data/commands to station
- Station
- Software
- Can send commands to the robot (e.g. setting motors)
- Can receive packets from robot
- Basic test running
- Basic server communication
- Interactive Mode - menu
- Server Mode - station receives commands from server
- Dynamos/encoders are working (not heavily tested, though)
- Inverse BOM sanity check works
- Hardware
- Using motor/encoder for turntable (instead of servo) - high priority
- Steal Brad for PID control
- Moving wall is low priority
- Using motor/encoder for turntable (instead of servo) - high priority
- Software
- Robot
- Can receive commands from the station
- Tests
- Mapping
- Autonomous Mapping - Abe
- Beginning rewrite of smart run around to use new rangefinder code
- Data Gathering - Not real-time/online is fine
- For MoM
- construct maps for 2-3 robots, correlate/stitch together
- running separately is okay for now
- Autonomous Mapping - Abe
- Simulator
- Able to add circles to the environment, but circle collision doesn't work
- TODO: include on Reliability poster, simulator demo
- Simulator Ideas #470
- Brian needs to name his successor
- Misc
- Encoders/Odometry
- Floating point?
- Library Cleanup
- Danshope.com - Next-Gen Colony Platform
- See the pictures, SolidWorks
- http://roboclub8.frc.ri.cmu.edu/redmine/wiki/colony/Dshope_Colony_Redesign
- Work over the summer - let us know if you're interested
- Viability of design? (e.g. skid steering, battery life)
- What kind of terrain can it handle?
- Feedback?
- dshope@andrew
- Encoders/Odometry
- Diagnostic Station