View source for Meeting Minutes 2007.02.27


== Short Distance Ranging ==

* IR Size Sensing

* Really accurate DGPS
** commercial base stations are at least $4000
** need correction for each satellite
** talk to Burning Man surveying

* soccer robots overhead camera

* dust sensitivity for optical tech

* ultrasonic, bandpass may be adequate

* can we get away with just GPS

== classes of behavior ==

* pre-choreographed
** preset trajectories

* human controlled
** direct steering
** push a button for a particular maneuvre
** one of more directly human controlled, others follow algorithmically
** wand

* emergent- algorithmic choreography
** predetermined
** real time

* autonomous behavior
** sensors mapped to actuators

== communications protocol and control ==
* CNC - EMC Linuxcnc.org

* telemetry frame
** data frame, extra info for debug
** debug dashboard