Getting Started

Hello and welcome to robobuggy! We are super glad to have you join our team. This page is meant to be a jumping off point about how to get up to speed on the project!

Getting Connected

• Become a member of the robotics club https://roboticsclub.org/
• Join our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/616400365084662/
• Subscribe to https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/rc-robobuggy
• If you are interested in software subscribe to https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/rc-robobuggy-software
• If you are interested in Mechanical subscribe to https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/rc-robobuggy-mechanical
• make an account on git hub and subscribe to this repository
• Get someone to add you to the teams google drive

Tools we use

Mechanical

SolidWorks Roboclub shop tools

Electrical

Software

Getting started with GIT

1. Install the Java 8 version of the JDK
2. Install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Student Edition (or download the community edition)
3. git clone https://github.com/CMU-Robotics-Club/RoboBuggy.git
4. cd Robobuggy/real_time/surface_src/java_src
5. ./gradlew eclipse
6. Follow the steps at Eclipse -> Intellij Migration to open the project in Intellij IDEA

What programing languages do you use

For core system, you will use Java. You may try to convince us why you shouldn't use java. For offline tools, you can use pretty much what ever you want. We mostly use Java and C, with a little C++, python, bash scripts and Matlab

System Overview

The sensors which we currently have: 
   * Encoder
   * Potentiometer
   * Inertial Measurement Unit
   * GPS
   * voltage Sensor
   * Camera

The system has two actuators: 
   * Front wheel servo
   * Pneumatic Breaks

The control system is separated into two parts high level which runs on a surface pro 2 and low level which runs on an Arduino mega

Useful links

CMU Buggy Alumni Website http://cmubuggy.org/ TODO

Embedded

• RoboBuggy Serial Messages (RBSM)
• Hardware Usage - Mega

Set up OpenCV for eclipse

http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/introduction/java_eclipse/java_eclipse.html#java-eclipse

install ffmpeg on ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg