Progress:
This week we focused on figuring out how and in what format data would be transferred to the Cortex Micro controller that will be on our robot launching system. Since the data processing and conversion is really Team 2's project, we established that our plan is to have Team 2 convert the data they gather via their vision system to numbers (measurements on distance, angle, predicted location, etc.) and then have our RobotC code reference these numbers to influence how the robot will move to accurately fire a shot at the drone.
We also decided that at least initially, our robot's cortex micro controller will be connected to a laptop via a USB connection; worrying about a wireless connection is worrying too far ahead in our project.
Problem:
An immediate risk we realized is the compatibility of software between RobotC and whatever software Team 2 ends up using. Our initial thoughts were that the data processing software Team 2 uses will be able to export the numbers/measurements we need onto a .txt file and our RobotC would pull numbers from that file. Team 2 will ultimately have to plan to fit this requirement or come up with an alternate solution. Another possible risk is that the computer won't be able to process all the data and convert it and then send the information to the Robot quickly enough.
Plan:
This coming week, we plan to re-approach the problem of our actual launching method. Two weeks ago, Mr. Lin found fatal flaws in all our ideas and left us with a lot of problems to try and figure out. This week will conduct further research to try and find a feasible launching method. We will further research electromagnetism, and how gun's fire with a latch system. Our goal is to figure out a method and a materials list by next Sunday so we can keep this project moving.
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