Moar Prototype pics

Prototype pics

Pics of the prototype

Arduino BT - Serial Communications test

Today we tested the serial communications of the Arduino BT. I whipped up a quick program to simply turn a light on and off on the board. Initially, it didn't work because the serial port was set to the wrong frequency. I tested it and it now works on the new frequency. 

We also did some work on the design today as well. We have a pretty good idea on how the gearing system for the arm will work, as well as the setup for the steering and wheel base. Going to build a prototype soon.

Thats all!

Midterms are done, Time to get back to work

Ahhhhhhh, almost done with midterms, one more to go next week.

So today I finished up the code finally. Added in the Arduino communication stuff and now we're almost ready to go! Going to a small prototype later to test it out with the servos and see if we can get this show on the road!

Long time no see :P

Sooooo, been playing around with Coding4Fun's KinectSDKQuickstarts, particularly the Skeletal Tracker in C#. I have set up a basic grid to to use for reference when controlling the stacking bot. Doing the creation of the window in the C# program because the VB program is yielding an invalid mark up error when I try to edit the MainWindow.xaml. Whatever, still making progress!

Cardboard prototyping; because metal and wood are too mainstream

Cardboard (Yes, cardboard) prototype of our robot. Built so we can get an idea of how to write the code that will drive the robot. So far so good!

TIme to rewrite the old VB

Ugh, updated to the latest Kinect SDK. No i have to rewrite most of the original Visual Basic code as all the references I've used have changed. This is going to be fun.