Meeting 2008-09-16

Status updates

Hardware

• Investigating different ideas for new chassis
• Try to make it strong
• Need a gearbox and new motors for this year.
  • Hopefully stepper motors

Electronics

• Cleaning!
• Making development board for Atmega168

Software

• So far only training session
• Working on vision code and controller code.

Administrative

• Maybe some at Ventures will give us money
• Talk to Human Powered Vehicle club; they get almost all their funding via. external sources.
• Add more content to the webpage so that it looks better for companies donating resources.
• Draft a letter for companies

Uni skateboard project

• Build a skateboard with only one wheel.
• There are a couple people out there that have done it.
• It would be hard to get money for the project.

TODO

• Hardware - Continue researching ideas
• Electronics - Clean up the lab, get started on boards
• Software - Start working on actual (useful) code
• Andy - Draft a letter for companies