IGVC
Documentation of the design of RATT, the Rose-Hulman Autonomous Terrain Traverser, our entry to the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competiton.
Hardware
We are both improving last year's hardware ("RATT") as a testing platform and designing an entirely new robot. The immediate priority is to fix what broke in transport on the old design. We can then produce detailed proposals for the new design in order to solicit sponsorship, as our SGA budget is not sufficient to accomodate any radical design changes.
Old Design
- TODO
- Motors
- First Driving Test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6cc_fEaa4
New Design
Misc
Electronics
The robot's electronics are being largely redesigned this year. Highest priority is getting rebuilt motor controllers working with the RATT test platform.
Software
The core of our software was written last year --- a publish/subscribe event system. We are currently working on improving image recognition and path finding/planning.
Attachments
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old-robot-progress1.jpg
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RATT most of the way through the relocation of the drive wheels. The chassis has already been narrowed.