Our second presentation was due this week. We presented the systems we've decided to use. For our project we will be starting with developing two loops, and then hopefully expanding to four by the end of the year. We would also like to have 10 carts on the track however we may only push for 5 until those a ready to not clutter the track. We also decided to go back to using Xbee communication boards to keep it simple, however we will have someone to research WiFi communications since it will be more expandable later to where the project may want to head one day. We will also be 3D printing the chassis/body of the cabin, much like modern cars so it will be lightweight and aesthetically pleasing. Finally we will reduce the ultrasonic sensor count to one per vehicle, and we will be using two optical encoders for reading bar codes for positioning.
That was our presentation, after the presentation we had some time with the small scale track again and the measurements for the cabin needs to be changed since that was just an estimate. We also started to fix the second vehicle so we have multiple vehicles to work with. Now we just need to build a multi-loop track to explore and troubleshoot possible problems when it comes to locations. We are going to be on a better track now.
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