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==8/29/08==
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This document represents the results of a meeting held 8/29/08 where the core members discussed plans for the 2009 system.
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*Performance Numbers
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All teams will have clearly defined goals and plan to complete said goals
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**Theirs
 
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**Ours
 
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*Profiling of how our system works
 
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*Make old robots driveable
 
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**Set Screw or dimple shaft
 
  
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*New Robots will be Status Quo Robots
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==Team Roadmap==
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**Electrical
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* Document our system
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***LiPo Batteries
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** Testing
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***Batt. Maintenance/Charging Cktry
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** Design document
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****Discharge curves
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* Refurbish 2008 robots so software can develop
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***User interface
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** Reduce wheel play
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****LEDs visible outside shell LEDS
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** Investigate ball sensors?
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****Better access to on switch
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* Full size field
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****Serial debug port
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** Goals - with net on top
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****Debug switches
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** Walls
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***New radios
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* "Status Quo" Robots
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***Measure charge voltage
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** Performance Numbers
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***SPI interface to FPGA
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*** Theirs
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***Add support for chipping
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*** Ours
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***Work on kicking
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** Complete team by Jan 2009
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***Exceed regulation kicking speed
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* RefBox
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***Ball Sense
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* "Fall Classic" with MIT and CMU? - possibly in the Spring?
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**Mechanical
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* RoboCup 2009 in Austria
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***Encoder
 
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***Support for chipping
 
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***Lower CG
 
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****Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping
 
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***Competitive Accel/Decel
 
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***Smaller drive modules
 
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***Less Maintenance of drive module and rollers
 
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***Ground Clearance
 
  
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**Software
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==Status Quo Features==
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***Parameter extraction and estimation
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The features described below for the most part represent features which must be added to the current system to make them "status quo" robots.
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***Ability to switch which side of field
 
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***Burin tests/stress
 
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***World model/Data filtering/prediction
 
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****Probabilistic sensing
 
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***Integration/communication
 
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***Timing/Profiling of how our system works
 
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***Motion control
 
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***Calibration
 
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***SW test for hardware performance
 
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****Use tech challenges as a springboard
 
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**General
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===General Electrical Features===
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***More practice time
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* LiPo Batteries
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***Make a real field
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* Battery Maintenance/Charging circuitry
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****Goals
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** Battery lifetime, charge/discharge estimates, "fuel gauge"
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****Walls
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* User interface daughter card - serially linked to FPGA
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****Location
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** Debug LEDs visible outside shell
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** Better access to on switch
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** Serial debug port
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** Debug switches
  
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*New Prototypes
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===Control Board Features===
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* Bugfix and remake of 2008 boards (see [[RC082ndBoardErrata | 2.0 Board Errata]])
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** Will keep motor driver circuitry
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** New ARM
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** Possible serial interface between FPGA and ARM
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** Encoder interface circuitry
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* New [[RoboCup_Radio_2009|radios]]
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** Smaller, cheaper, in an emptier area of the spectrum
  
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[[RoboCup]]
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===Ball Control (mechanical and electrical) Features===
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* Exceed regulation kicking speed - then dial it back
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* Chipper
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* Refresh kicker circuitry
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** Use same charge controller
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** Measure charge voltage
 +
** Add support for chipping
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** (Probably) add capacitance
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** Meet status quo charging time - present circuitry will probably be able to do it, LiPos will help
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** Investigate alternate trigger silicon
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* Reliable and robust [[RC09BallSense|Ball sensor]]
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* Custom chipping and kicking solenoids
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* Powerful, reliable dribbler
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===Drivetrain===
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* Feedback with encoders
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** Tweaked out control - see software section
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* Lower CG
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** Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping - may be impossible
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* Competitive acceleration and deceleration - investigate more powerful motors
 +
* Smaller drive modules - driven by desire for lower CG and enhanced ball control
 +
* Less maintenance of drive module and rollers
 +
* Increased ground clearance
 +
 
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===Software===
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* Performance parameter extraction and estimation
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* Conformance to all published rules
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** Ability to switch which side of field
 +
* Burin / stress testing
 +
* World model / data filtering / prediction
 +
** Probabilistic sensing
 +
* Integration/communication
 +
* Timing/Profiling of how our system works
 +
* Motion control
 +
** Calibration
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* SW test for hardware performance
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* Use tech challenges as a springboard
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* Improved path planner
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[[Category: RoboCup]]
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[[Category: 2008-2009]]

Latest revision as of 20:55, 13 June 2018

This document represents the results of a meeting held 8/29/08 where the core members discussed plans for the 2009 system. All teams will have clearly defined goals and plan to complete said goals

Team Roadmap

  • Document our system
    • Testing
    • Design document
  • Refurbish 2008 robots so software can develop
    • Reduce wheel play
    • Investigate ball sensors?
  • Full size field
    • Goals - with net on top
    • Walls
  • "Status Quo" Robots
    • Performance Numbers
      • Theirs
      • Ours
    • Complete team by Jan 2009
  • RefBox
  • "Fall Classic" with MIT and CMU? - possibly in the Spring?
  • RoboCup 2009 in Austria

Status Quo Features

The features described below for the most part represent features which must be added to the current system to make them "status quo" robots.

General Electrical Features

  • LiPo Batteries
  • Battery Maintenance/Charging circuitry
    • Battery lifetime, charge/discharge estimates, "fuel gauge"
  • User interface daughter card - serially linked to FPGA
    • Debug LEDs visible outside shell
    • Better access to on switch
    • Serial debug port
    • Debug switches

Control Board Features

  • Bugfix and remake of 2008 boards (see 2.0 Board Errata)
    • Will keep motor driver circuitry
    • New ARM
    • Possible serial interface between FPGA and ARM
    • Encoder interface circuitry
  • New radios
    • Smaller, cheaper, in an emptier area of the spectrum

Ball Control (mechanical and electrical) Features

  • Exceed regulation kicking speed - then dial it back
  • Chipper
  • Refresh kicker circuitry
    • Use same charge controller
    • Measure charge voltage
    • Add support for chipping
    • (Probably) add capacitance
    • Meet status quo charging time - present circuitry will probably be able to do it, LiPos will help
    • Investigate alternate trigger silicon
  • Reliable and robust Ball sensor
  • Custom chipping and kicking solenoids
  • Powerful, reliable dribbler

Drivetrain

  • Feedback with encoders
    • Tweaked out control - see software section
  • Lower CG
    • Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping - may be impossible
  • Competitive acceleration and deceleration - investigate more powerful motors
  • Smaller drive modules - driven by desire for lower CG and enhanced ball control
  • Less maintenance of drive module and rollers
  • Increased ground clearance

Software

  • Performance parameter extraction and estimation
  • Conformance to all published rules
    • Ability to switch which side of field
  • Burin / stress testing
  • World model / data filtering / prediction
    • Probabilistic sensing
  • Integration/communication
  • Timing/Profiling of how our system works
  • Motion control
    • Calibration
  • SW test for hardware performance
  • Use tech challenges as a springboard
  • Improved path planner
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