User:1sfoerster/enes100/spring2014/Tribot

=Problem/Finish Description=


 * 1) Get 5 tribots running
 * 2) Begin programming tribots to go in a patterns like squares, circles
 * 3) Add remote emergency take over capability
 * 4) Add automous ability to travel in a big square
 * 5) Add features from the head
 * 6) Replace arduino with papilio
 * 7) Pull all existing documentation into one place in the below context

=Conceive= Project was inspired by this video that shows a robot balanced on top of a basketball. A completely powered Omni wheel connected to some accelerometer/gryo can create a powered unicycle that moves sideways. This is completely different than the one wheel motor cycle, the monocycle or the R.O.I.T wheel.

The goal is to duplicate the robot balanced on top of a basketball and ultimately duplicate the powered unicycle.

=Operate=
 * 1) Find screwdriver that works
 * 2) Put batteries in (8 AA batteries)
 * 3) Turn on
 * 4) Push head down
 * 5) Turn off
 * 6) Take batteries out

=Demo= Presentation

Seminar Presentation 2014MAR20

A demonstration of a working tribot with the Motor test installed is shown on the following video: Tribot Demo Test

=Next Steps=
 * 1) Explore possibilities of line-following tribot
 * 2) Add features from head, such as LEDs
 * 3) Start capturing wheel turning information from the encoder
 * 4) Redesign motor mount so fits on basketball
 * 5) Get all 5 working (4 working now .. one with a wheel motor problem)
 * 6) Add simple mechanism so that all 5 spill out of a door when is opened