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Status Report as of Friday, January 9th-
Drivetrain: Design ready, ready to begin construction. Projected completion time: 3-5 days. By not using custom metal on the sides, the robot will be cheaper and hopefully faster to build.
Electronics: Bench test passed, and firmware updated on both the driver station and cRIO. Programming and testing of peripherals can now commence.
Programming: WindRiver running fine overall, and non-camera related functions progressing beautifully. We have decided to use the old style robot organization for simplicity’s sake. However, we’ve been having a bit of trouble getting the camera code to start working, but I think that I’ve found the source of that problem, even if I haven’t been able to test.
Overall: Progress very good for this stage of the build season. With luck, we’ll be able to spend over a week testing and refining, allowing the programmers to whip up some really great autonomous code including traction control.