Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You

[theprgramerdude]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

All of you who are attempting this, how do you suppose you will get started? I am thinking of making an omni drove robot with 2 gyros, one in the main body and one on a little platform that a server will rotate up and down. 2 IR sensors mounted on a servo that will rotate it side to side will scan in front of the robot and the other 2 mounted on the platform will also scan side to side. they will take in an array of data regarding the objects inthe way

Personally, I was thinking more along the lines or using two accelerometers mounted on opposing sides of the robot to measure motion and turn, as well as two front facing camera's for depth perception and (maybe) object recognition.

IMHO, we would need more processing power to develop complex strategy's that a human could think up, which is why I'm trying to figure out if <R50> means we can't use a DC-DC converter (I thought there was one powering the Crio) to power a mini-PC attached to the robot for image analysis.

Edit: something along the lines of this: http://www.mini-box.com/M4-ATX?sc=8&category=981

<R50> Custom circuits shall NOT directly alter the power pathways between the battery, Power Distribution Board, speed controllers, relays, motors, or other elements of the robot control system (including the power pathways to other sensors or circuits). Custom high impedance voltage monitoring or low impedance current monitoring circuitry connected to the ROBOT’S electrical system is acceptable, because the effect on the ROBOT outputs should be inconsequential.