This week we worked on two things at the same time:
Main Bot:
We have now decided to use a Raspberry Pi after all, after coming to the conclusion that a Teensy does not provide enough computing power. At the moment we are working on implementing pathplanning with PID tuning. We also want to implement trajectory control in this pathplanning. To solve our problem with connecting our laptops to the Raspberry Pi, we will most likely use SSH over USB.
SIMAs (Small Independent Robotic Actuators):
This year we are using an ESP-32 as the main processor for our SIMAs and we are using pancake steppers for our Drive section. For enemy detection we will use 3 time of flight sensors to detect enemies at any angle. We have started to optimise the footprint of the SIMA and driving base. At the moment we are working on rebuilding the electronics and developing a concept for the Superstar, which we want to finalise next week.
(author: Christoph)