Weekly Log Jan 24-30

Our corrected parts have come in. We have also received our flat free swivel caster

wheels. The only part we are currently waiting on is the front drive wheels. We have been in

contact with Matthew about receiving the design files and have so far gotten half of them. We plan to have a future meeting with Andrew in the Manufacturing department to talk about getting one of his students to work on the assembly of the chassis. The graduate student working on the fabrication of the cart has started to cut out the parts to fit the specifications.

We have successfully put together the kit for the Pixy camera and have the demos

working. We will start creating our person following algorithm this week. We found the user

manual for the RoboteQ Ax2550 motor controller so we can understand what it is capable of

and how to use it for this project. We plan to test this motor controller that we received from Dr. Rios to make sure it works well with our motors. We are currently debating over a plan to

recharge our 12V batteries. There is hope to attain a battery tender and wire it up so that to

charge the robot, the user will only have to plug the charging device into an outlet and a spot on the robot base. We will also look into the wires we will need to connect the motor controller to the battery and motors and other miscellaneous wires and components needed.