Sprint 1

Summary

In this sprint our goal was to design and sketch model a unit that can walk on a table so we can understand the dynamics of a leg walking robot.

Progress

Sketch model robot

Robot at the end of Sprint 1

By the end of Sprint 1, we had a walking sketch model complete with integrated mechanical, electrical, and software. We had a design for the next prototype for use in Sprint 2. We also wrote a preliminary library to control legs, which was later scrapped in the name of simplicity.

Learning

Legs need some sort of friction on the bottom, otherwise they will slide.
Need an Arduino Mega to have enough PWM pins to support all eight servos.
If we are not careful, the robot could be too heavy and it may not stick with magnets.
If we are not careful, the robot could be too heavy and it may not stick with magnets.
Check power supplies... (We may or may not have fried an arduino and a laptop motherboard by plugging in an 18VAC power supply into the arduino)
We need to come up with some sort of sensing system to use on our robot, there are not any major sensing components thus far.