Notes & Misc

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2/23
Today, we got the drivetrain and beacon sensor subsystems working.



Team Name
Ron Paul 2012

DRIVETRAIN/FRAME

 * Round or Square?
 * Decided that square robot would make it easier to align with walls (by ramming against it)<
 * 2 wheels or 4 omniwheels?
 * ​decided that 4 omniwheels would be cost-prohibitive.

COIN COLLECTING/DISPENSING

 * tilted circular top with rotating paddles.


 * motor encoder

LINE DETECTORS

 * 2 line detectors (for now, more if needed)


 * how to detect rings around exchanges
 * solution: just don’t…

BEACON SENSING

 * all at 4in height


 * 2 for now (1 for each frequency)


 * think about more later

BUMPER SENSOR
We'll try to use the Lego bumper first and see if it works.
 * Lego bumper
 * fsr
 * bend sensor
 * proximity sensor

BUTTON PRESSING

 * For now just use the entire robot to press the button.
 * May be changed to rack & pinion design later

ToDo

 * beacons and bumpers: Chris


 * Drivetrain: Pedro


 * Coin Collecting: Josh

Upload parts list, preliminary circuits, designs, sketches, and calculations to wiki by Friday.
 * Line Sensing: Mindy

Personnel Assignments

 * Manipulators - Josh and Pedro
 * Frame - Josh knows how to laser cut things
 * Motors/Drivetrain - Pedro
 * Control and sensors - Chris and Mindy
 * Beacon sensing - Chris
 * Line Sensing - Mindy
 * High-level code - Mindy

ToDo

 * PPT - Pedro
 * Wiki - Mindy
 * Gantt Chart - Chris
 * Trello - Josh