Meeting Minutes 2007.01.30
From OrbSWARM
Location -Short Range
- Acoustic Ranging
- Implement Decoding Algorithm, DSP?
- Rotating IR System
- Colored Sphere, Vision System
- Ultrasonic & IR, Collision
- RF signal strength
- VOR - aircraft RF system
- RFID - slow ranging
- Capacitive Range Sensor
Perimeter
- piggyback perimeter
- solar lights
- perimeter maintained by one ball and people
- 2 miles of red ribbon
- battlebots ring
- Test phase, approval
- Safety Issues
- collision
- kill switch
- serial heartback
Energy
- photovoltaics from Tom Price
- Ill Vill Gennie
- Pedal Power
- Charging
- High current connection
- Voltage Feedback
Playa Proof
- dust
- tupperware and sillicone
- metal boxes with sillicone rubber seals
- don't seal shell
- double seal bearings
- wheelchair are sealed
- windshield wiper motor for steering angle
- sourcing motors- alibaba
- timing belt
- heat
- add convection
- use shell as a heatsink
- liquid cooling
- liquid propane
- circulating air inside vanes
- radiative heat adsorbtion
- wind
- counterweight
- emergency brake
- smart braking keep at 90degrees
- heat dump during braking - regen?
- not an issue for typical diameters and weights
- don't operate at high winds
- affect steering
- hippies
- branding (heat, marketing)
- free stun guns
- liability insurance
- perimeter
- collision detection and loud horn
- proximity sensor is pushing spheres around
- too slippery for sitting
- sit proof, visually disincentive
- cold
- reduces battery output
- rain
Shell
- shiny shiny stainless 24" sphere, $389.00
- R2d2 kit, spray paint ;)
Proposal
- Multi-Tiered Budget 6 vs 12 spheres
- Proposal like Sunflower
- Outline
- Interactivity -
- Motions - time lapse - superimpose stills from video - 3 go in, 3 go out
- Playa Proofing
- Green Man
- Shell
- Mothership
- Actuation
- Onboard Sensing, Navigation, and Communication
- more TBD, based on Sunflower outline
- bring pictures, especially sky pictures
