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Updated for pre-decompression   [[User:Jtfoote|Jtfoote]] 19:02, 5 October 2007 (MST)
=Near Future=
== Orb Issues ==

See [[Orb Maintenance]] page

* <s>Dust and clean</s>
* <s>clean and lube chain and sprockets</s>
* <s>charge batteries</s>
* <s>Repair/replace broken kill dongles and "fakey" connectors</s>
* <s>clean shells: pressure wash after removing bearings</s>
* <s>Grease zerk bearings with grease gun</s>
* <s>Upgrade all chassis to standard (install dome, fix LED power wiring</s>)
* <s>Check integrity of Illuminator mounts on agg. lids and replace if necessary (62 is worst, others OK)</s>
* Bead-blast/anodize shells?
* Deburr inside of large holes near hubs. So we can stick our skinny arms through without scraping them. 
* Install gaskets on aggregator lids
* Check all power studs are tight and have lock nuts.
* ensure all LED/Sound connections have strain reliefs.
* Collect tools and parts for Magic Box

==Electronics==
* <s>fabricate replacement H-bridges and test/install</s>
* Build and test dedicated Zigbee remotes
* Install IMUs on all orbs
* Document everything on Wiki

==Software==
* <s>Finish LED AVR firmware and reflash all LED modules</s>
* Refactor daughterboard AVR code
** Add software steer zero calibrate
** harmonize data structs and getter calls
** Reflash all modules
* Debug sound module and reflash
** Rebuild mechanically unsound modules
* Document communication protocols & architecture in Wiki
* Experiment with IMU tilt sensor steering feedback
* Enhance mothernode software (variable max speed, command-line settings, autorun)
* Mothernode software for stand performances (fixed-location).

== SPU Crew ==
* <s>Makefile maintenance (can we test/run spu code without a spu?)</s>
* <s>New SPU parser using Lemon machine-generated code</s>
* Battery status monitor -- flash LEDs on low battery? 
* Look at shared memory process communication

==Publicity==
See [[SWARM Publicity]] page

* press kit
* professional management? 
* <s>[[Thank You Packs]]</s>
* Update web site to be less BM-centric
* Update Wiki (parts are ''really stale'')
* MySpace page -- music from Simran? 
* Videos to YouTube
* Update SWARM tribe on tribe.com

* fund raising opportunities

==Misc==
* <s>fix dead spu with external 3.3v supply</s>
* <s>Box/platform for remote controls</s> / mothernode mouse/keyboard
* Install downward reflectors on LED pods
* Install two more LED pods per orb to light up entire orb
* <s>Tidy and vacate Swarm Dorm </s>
* find/make "Orb Socks:" waterproof covers to go inside crates (Giant leaf trash bags? Rain ponchos? Custom-sewn tarps?)
* Return SPU with misbehaving flash mem;

=Future=

==Autonomous Navigation==
* Install drive encoders
* Install aggregator/GPS
* Benchmark GPS modules
* Benchmark GPS base stations
* develop and document interface

== Software and Control ==
* Matlab/Octave Model
* Estimator design
* feedback control design
* Choreography Design Interface
* Upgrade SPUs to 2.6 kernel? (Now supported by TS)

== Choreography Design ==
* Identify Choreographers
* Think about communicating choreography without hardware
* Interactivity beyond remote controls. Wand? Sensors?