This week I iterated through a variety of arm configurations and weight distributions to get the robot to grab items without tipping over. I fused…
I built a robot using aluminum 80x20s for the frame. I used Rev Robotics parts for the computer, motors, encoders, motor controller, and wheels. Rebuilt…
This week I went snowboarding with my friends from my highschool’s robotics club, including my mentor. My mentor said I could uses one of my…
This week I worked more on the tuning of RTABMAP SLAM and eventually decided on using ORB SLAM instead because it is more robust, easy…
This week I worked with Hojun to construct a box for our robot’s storage container. After iterating through the box design process, we ended up…
This week I worked on the design presentation, furthering our simulated robot code, and testing SLAM on the with the depth camera shown below. I’m…
My main focus this week was on learning Gazebo and ROS. I was able to get a simulated robot which uses the same iRobot base…
I worked with Andy and Hojun to finalize our presentation and parts. I discovered the motion model our robot follows (differential drive) which will allow…
I worked with Andy and Hojun to create our abstract, Gantt chart, and presentation. I researched different types of grippers and discovered that using a…