Jan. 15, 2015

Attendance: Sam, Aaron, Craig, Derek

On board parts:

●  Odroid U3 (Micro-controller?)

●  2 - 7.2V batteries

●  2 Roboclaws

●  3 Wheels

●  3 Motors

●  wifi module

●  5V Switching Regulator

●  12V Linear Regulator

Topics Discussed:

●  Structural Design

○  Triangle

○  Hexagon

○  Wheels inside vs outside

●  Simulation Strategies and Skills

○  MATLAB vs Java

○  Movement Options

■  Defend goal in arc

■  Coordinate Control

■  Bank Shot

●  Debugging

Assignments:

●  Craig: github in CAEDM?, Java to MATLAB checks

●  Aaron: Mechanical Measurements, Basic CAD Options for structural design

●  Derek: Busy until next meeting

●  Sam: Look up interface for motors / start implementing defending goal in arc / Fix bank shot

Jan. 16, 2015

AGENDA:

1.  Report on assignments

2.  Look at mechanical design, make a plan

3.  Talk about 12v regulator

4.  Talk about simulator, maybe strategies

5.  Figure out how to interface with motors

6. 

We talked about strategies for the simulation and the division of skills, plays, and strategies

Jan. 17, 2015

AGENDA:

1.  Discuss Clifford assignments

2.  Talk about simulator strategies, get a working offence and defense

Attendance: Aaron, Sam, Derek

Discuss Clifford Assignment:

●  Filled out Critical Design Document

Regrets: Craig

●  He slept in and was very sorry that he missed the morning. He came around 1:25 and worked a little with Derek in the Digilab. He plans to work on it today, tomorrow, and Monday.

Jan. 19, 2015

Attendance: Aaron, Craig, Derek, Sam

●  Worked on simulation

●  Thought of design elements for robot

○  automatic golf putter (kicker)

○  flick ball onto robot’s head (balancing on head, then carry to goal)

Jan. 22, 2015

Attendance: Aaron, Craig, Derek, Sam

●  Functional Design Spec

What we need:

●  12 V Regulator - Radioshack (ML 7812A)

Feb. 6, 2015

Attendance: Aaron, Sam, Craig

Topics:

●  Skill test completed

●  What to do next

Assignments:

●  Sam

○  Move robot to specified point

●  Craig

○  Communicate via ROS (camera coordinate to robot motor)

●  Derek

○  Interface with IP camera thingy

○  Extract position and orientation of robot on field

●  Aaron

● 

What needs to happen by the first competition

●  AI/Architecture:

○  ROS communication (camera to robot)

○  simple defensive and rush the goal strategy

●  Vision (camera recognition):

○  calculation for position and orientation

○  tracking ball and robot (robot flag color)

●  Mechanical:

○  robot runs on battery (weight distribution)

○  3 layers, mounted and tied

○  easy access to power

●  Control:

○  move to point (with defined velocity)

○  Fix friction issues via PID

○  State space model?

Feb. 7, 2015

Agenda:

●  What has each person been working on AND...

●  What is each person’s next step.

Feb. 13, 2015

Attendance: Craig

Agenda:

●  What do we need to finish for the competition?

○  ROS

●  Presidents’ Day Weekend -> Plans?

● 

Feb. 28, 2015

Sam:

Working on M matrix stuff

No strategic implementation

Craig:

Cleaning up vision software

Derek:

Change from colors to shapes

Get camera working

Aaron:

Software radians per second

WIKI

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April 11, 2013