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Robotics at Rochester Institute of Technology. Strive to teach robotics and provide individuals with projects and events that emulate this ideal.

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Lab webcam is fixed. Apparently an update changed read permissions on webcam devices and I had to add the user to the video group.

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Our new obstacle avoidance is AMAZING compared to APF. I will never use APF when trying to navigate again. I said it Alan.

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Heat 1: 2 of 3 runs attempted. Didn't make it to first turn. Will be working on making startup solid and a better avoidance system.

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Qualified! 14 out of 43. First heat is starting now.

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Lidar comm cable replaced. Note: Don't try qualifying after 3 hours of tuning. Finishing qual once batteries charge.

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Having some issues with the lidar dieing on us. Trying to separate the power/signals wires and hope it's nothing serious.

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AMOS line navigation IGVC 2012: http://t.co/kUmWP4v7 via @youtube

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Well we didn't qualify today. Had some problems with the LiDaR and tuning parameters. Put in some fixes and will be back bright and early.

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AMOS can lane follow damn near perfectly. Made some changes to get apf to cooperate with lane. Testing after charging again!

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All of our goals for morning fixes are finished. Now it's back out to do some more tuning!

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My suspicions about the numerical precision issues with the GPS fix were correct. You try working with a number near 5 million.

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We have the mission planner nearly done. We are now tuning lane following. I also believe I figured out the world -> map transform issue.

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Design presentation is finished. Now its back to programming until we practice before our presentation at 4:30

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All setup at IGVC 2012! Everything is powered up and working, including some last minute changes to strobe the warning light.

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For anyone working on a BeagleBoard C4, check out our Eagle device for making expansion boards! http://t.co/6f7HGHpi

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Don't forget to stop by our lab tomorrow at 2 for our workshop! http://t.co/NJntcoIo

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This Saturday's Workshop: Interfacing an Arduino with a PC and websites.
http://t.co/NJntcoIo

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We'll be live streaming our ROS presentation today at 2PM http://t.co/TRgkuz9g

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Roboticists, join us Saturday @ 2PM in GLE-4418 for a workshop on Robot Operating System with demos on PCs, Beagleboard, and Arduino!

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#MDRC Like Robots? So do we. Join us on Wednesdays in GLE-4418 @ 6pm for our weekly meetings