Rose-Hulman Robotics Team

meetings/2010-05-09

All-Team Meeting 2010-05-09

Hardware

  • Nick and Cam have gotten nearly all the parts we need for another motor assembly made
    • The plate needs six more holes (to do today)
    • Sprockets need some work (will be in Machine Shop tomorrow afternoon)
    • Encoders will be ordered today

Electronics

  • Board to interface the killswitch with the Jaguar controllers needs to be sent out
  • Battery charger has come in
  • Batteries and new PSU should come in tomorrow
  • Next need to work with the hardware team to mount the new batteries (will require rearrangement of some things)
  • Tether board has been delayed (can't find Herniter), but will set up a high-power switch to allow

Software

  • Collected a bunch of video to play with
  • Made progress on the vision code
  • No progress on the Kalman filter

Misc

  • Our budget was approved in the full amount of $5,900 for next year
  • Pick up and fill out a waiver if you are going to the competition
  • Looks like we will be able to get 3 rooms at the same Best Western as last year
  • Need to figure out who is driving and when we are leaving