Robot 2

Harvester Status Log

  • worked on a claw that could grab the pineapple plants in two stages, pineapples and leaves
  • worked on configuring the cameras to see different colors, started to work on routine to get out of start box
  • routine to get out of starting box using a wall following routine
  • worked with house grabber, and pineapple and leaves grabber
  • worked on harvesting arm
  • worked on getting out of start box
  • started working on the state-machine code for Harvester
  • worked on XBC mounting on house bot and tried to make house grabbing smoother; improved harvesting arm; started new chassis
  • helped fix the back end of the Topper robot so it could climb the pipe
  • worked on calibrating the color palette for the pineapples; worked on chassis; worked on arm/claw;
  • thought of new way to drop pineapples and leaves into bin using ramp on top of XBC
  • worked on calibrating the color palette for the pineapples, worked pretty well, program to find pineapples worked okay

To Do

  • Mount camera
  • Define starting position
  • Programming for Chicken arm