Specifications Presetation Review: Robotic Platform 1kg (RP1)‏ Customer Needs Design Specifications Project Progress Benchmarking Responsibilities and Team Roles

Review of Project P09204 The P09204 project group is: Part of a larger group of engineers working to create the Robotic Platform for 1kg loads (RP1). Port RP10 designs for use on RP1. Robotic Platform Motor controller system with modular motor assemblies. Intended to expedite production of robots. Takes focus away from rudimentary motion in construction of more advanced robotics.

Customer Needs – Design Specifications Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware use shall be kept to a minimum. PCB design should incorporate as few COTS components as possible; e.g. Motor H-Bridges will be designed using basic circuit components. The payload shall be able to assume control of all functionality of the robotic platform upon command. Tethered, wired, and wireless communications will share the same set of commands which allow the client to fully control the host, or take partial or no control if intended.

Customer Needs – Design Specifications Physical size of the RP1 shall be an order of magnitude smaller than the Robotic Platform 10kg (RP10) variant. The RP1 platform will require a significantly less amount of current and therefore the power circuitry and motor H-Bridge circuitry may be scaled down to save space. The control logic will be pulled into microcontroller code as much as possible to save space and make logic modifications easier to upgrade. The RP1 shall provide a scalable motor module design which may support more than two motor module assemblies in future iterations of the RP1 design. The motor H-Bridge circuitry, PWM, and encoder filter logic will be localized to a unique, reproducible, scalable subsystem which can be dynamically plugged into the microcontroller system.

Customer Needs – Design Specifications Operational software shall be entirely open-source and posted on the EDGE website in a publicly accessible area. Operational Software will be entirely open-source and so be guest accessible on EDGE. Existing software licensed under the GPL will be used wherever applicable to reduce the amount of in-house code that needs writing.

Benchmarking Project progress will be based off the RP10 progress from previous year. RP10 progress and procedure will be the baseline for RP1. Control system hardware will be complete and all interface documentation (ICD) drawn up by the end of first quarter. All customer needs will be met by the end of second quarter, the hardware and interace control needs will be the focus of the first quarter.

Team Roles Nandini Vemuri Team Lead, Power Systems Design, System Testing Jason Jack GUI Design, Navigation Logic Design, Website Administrator (SVN)‏ John Corleto Microcontroller Expert, Website Administrator Emily Phillips Power Systems Design, Signal Processing Expert Ryan Schmitt Wireless Systems Design, Navigation Logic Design Jeffery Howe PCB Layout Design, Voltage Regulation Expert