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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.
  
 
==Team Roadmap==
 
==Team Roadmap==
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* "Fall Classic" with MIT and CMU? - possibly in the Spring?
 
* "Fall Classic" with MIT and CMU? - possibly in the Spring?
 
* RoboCup 2009 in Austria
 
* RoboCup 2009 in Austria
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==General Electrical Roadmap==
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==Status Quo Features==
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===General Electrical Features===
 
*LiPo Batteries
 
*LiPo Batteries
 
*Battery Maintenance/Charging circuitry
 
*Battery Maintenance/Charging circuitry
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**Serial debug port
 
**Serial debug port
 
**Debug switches
 
**Debug switches
*New radios
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*Measure charge voltage
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===Control Board Features===
***SPI interface to FPGA
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* Bugfix and remake of 2008 boards (see [[RC082ndBoardErrata | 2.0 Board Errata]])
***Add support for chipping
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** Will keep motor driver circuitry
***Work on kicking
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** New ARM
***Exceed regulation kicking speed
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** Possible serial interface between FPGA and ARM
***Ball Sense
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* New [[RoboCup_Radio_2009|radios]]
**Mechanical
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** Smaller, cheaper, in an emptier area of the spectrum
***Encoder
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***Support for chipping
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===Ball Control (mechanical and electrical) Features===
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* Measure charge voltage
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* Add support for chipping
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* Exceed regulation kicking speed
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* [[RC09BallSense|Ball sensor]]
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Mechanical
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**Encoder
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**Support for chipping
 
***Lower CG
 
***Lower CG
 
****Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping
 
****Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping

Revision as of 16:36, 10 September 2008

This document represents the results of a meeting held 8/29/08 where the core members discussed plans for the 2009 system.

Team Roadmap

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

Status Quo Features

General Electrical Features

  • LiPo Batteries
  • Battery Maintenance/Charging circuitry
    • Battery lifetime, charge/discharge estimates, "fuel gauge"
  • User interface daughter card
    • LEDs visible outside shell LEDS
    • 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
  • New radios
    • Smaller, cheaper, in an emptier area of the spectrum

Ball Control (mechanical and electrical) Features

  • Measure charge voltage
  • Add support for chipping
  • Exceed regulation kicking speed
  • Ball sensor

Mechanical

    • Encoder
    • Support for chipping
      • Lower CG
        • Being able to reliably stop from max speed without flipping
      • Competitive Accel/Decel
      • Smaller drive modules
      • Less Maintenance of drive module and rollers
      • Ground Clearance
    • Software
      • Parameter extraction and estimation
      • Ability to switch which side of field
      • Burin tests/stress
      • 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

All teams will have clearly defined goals and plan to complete said goals

    • General
      • More practice time
      • Make a real field
        • Goals
        • Walls
        • Location
      • RefBox
  • New Prototypes

RoboCup