2010:Integration 1.16.2010

Integration Notes: Saturday 1/16/2010

Drivetrain:
- Need to buy wheel tread and rivets
- Need to bore out IFI wheels to accommodate hubs.
- NEED TO DESIGN WHEEL GUARDS!!!!
- Need to design motor/transmission protection on front of robot.

Mechanical - Kicker:
- Height of chassis ok with departure angle.
- Need to keep ball out of at least 3 inches
- Prototype has been built.

Mechanical - Hanger:
- Will need compressor in the design.
- Researched angle to self right the robot when tipped over.
- Independently fired self righting device.

Electrical Main:
- Leaning towards using CAN bus.
- Started BOM
- Need to determine battery mount
- Need to purchase radio and wires

Electrical Controls:
- Going to use suitcase for controls
- Looking into using touch sensors that use SPI bus to communicate
- Need to purchase joystick.

Programming:
- Working on tracking the vision target with the robot.
- Need to determine what mechanisms will be on the robot by working with the mechanical teams.

Field:
- 2 tunnels built
- 2 bumps built
- cutting chains for goals
- Starting work on trident soon.
- Need to build up bump and goal first for prototyping.