Courses:Field Robot Summer Course:2012:Team 5:Blog

13/8-2012

• ROS is running
• A wood platform is assembled
• Electrical diagram has been drawn

14/8-2012

• Started working on sensor drivers
• FPGA is running
• Laser scanner is mounted on the wood prototype
• Our motors arrived today
• We lost a friend, and we are down to three people in the group

15/8-2012

• Motors mounted on wood prototype
• We got LiPO batteries today
• Drivers to IMU sensor is running
• 3D Solidworks model of the final model is almost done

16/8-2012

• Wheels mounted on prototype
• Motor control is initialized
• Final Vehicle is modelled in solidworks
• We got a 8mm alu plate for the chassis
• Thomas cleaned our table, so that for the rest of the project all mess will be new mess.

17/8-2012

• The last electrical component is ordered
• Solution for battery management and voltage regulations has been found

18/8-2012 - 26/8-2012

• Busy days with a lot of trouble mainly caused by problems with delivery of parts.
• The aluminium chassis has been made
• We got the big wheels
• Brackets for the motors has been made
• Brackets for batteries has been made
• All electronics has been mounted on the vehicle
• All FPGA code has been written and tested module by module
• Mathematics for steering has been made
• Algorithm for row detection has been written
• Software architecture has been set up.
• Protocol for communication with FPGA has been written and implemented

27/8-2012

• Teleopration software was written and tested
• First indoor remote controlled test was preformed
• First outdoor remote controlled test was preformed on grass and in rows
• Laser range scanner data has been recorded for parameter tuning of row finder
• All wires has been mounted properly with connectors and cable protection socks.

Pictures

17/8-2012