The most significant risk to this project is the power and the FPGA and IMu not communicating with the robot. We are having issues with plugging in multiple motors, which is causing the voltage to drop across all devices. This means we cannot continuously drive the robot on the slope. We are also having issues with imu outputting accurate data. We have managed this issue by using capacitors to increase the voltage, and we planned for this by using two batteries. We might want to get a battery with the same voltage but with a higher amperage output. For the imu, we are rewriting the algorithm to account for the calibrations. We want to get a better IMU for more accurate calibration.
At this point, there are some changes to the electronics as different motors have been purchased with a lower rpm to get a higher torque. This is needed to get the robot driving. We also might have to add some capacitors to the electronic design for more voltage, since there is voltage dropping and we constant voltage across all the motors. This has cost some money, but this is a completely easy fix when we get the motors.
Our schedule this week has primarily focused on testing the robot. The updated plan prioritizes testing the robot and its performance. Moving forward, our next steps include implementing these fixes, testing the robot under real-world conditions, and refining the overall system to ensure reliability and functionality.