All-team meeting 2009-11-15

The last meeting of fall quarter

Agenda

Get status of every group
Plan out at least next quarter
Set up computer to run 24/7 over break. Leave it running.
- Sensors must also be powered, including the Elphel camera, the MicroStrain, the GPS, and the motor controllers.
- Make sure that communication with the motor controllers works, or set up an automated way to reset them.

Electronics cases have been mounted in the new frame
Plates for mounting cases have been cut
Layout of drive train mounting plate has been done but not finalized
Plans
- Assemble suspension by 12/5
- Move motors and gearboxes to new frame starting 12/6
- Have new robot mechanically able to move by 12/13
- Complete steadicam by early February 2010

Configuration of the computer and software updates (this section entered by Tom in advance as he cannot be at the meeting)
- Configured GPSd to start up automatically; researched and wrote troubleshooting guide on the wiki page.
- Configured robot-local network interface to automatically come up
- Updated the MicroStrain code to current standards (native logging) and improved its command-line tool
- Got preliminary GStreamer-based video capture working; need to integrate it with the GUI
Plans:
- Continue updating the GUI
  - Needs to display sensor data (including video)
- Switch everything over to the new logging system
- Remove obsolete/dead code (rb.core in particular)