Wednesday, February 8, 2017

It is Going to be Good but Never Perfect.

Yesterday was one of those days where I realized I am a rookie player beginning to play in the big leagues. The whole point of constructing this 'dream robotic' project is to enhance the human-research impact. The problems that need to be over come include

  1. Get specific GPS input (relatively difficult)
  2. Obstacle avoidance (for both dynamic and static objects) almost subsurface scanning

Main Questions though
How do you get the robot to places? How do you have the robot avoid objects? To what extent is there a good robotic/ human component?


New challenges get introduced every week and my list of things to complete keeps growing larger and larger.

  • Design a preliminary prototype
  • Create a budget spreadsheet
  • Create a blog
  • Contact the Brim's Fishermen's association 
  • Create a Depth map of Bayou Texar and Pensacola Bay
  • Get addresses for potential survey points
  • Get Diving certificate complete
  • Research the possibilities of quad copters and the use of Lidar
  • The design needs a camera
  • The possibility of a tether
  • reference the Atlas and Jason
  • Look into Joint speed and Torc
  • Boating License


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