Strategy

[alecGraves]

Make a coherent plan for higher-level strategy for underwater

[alecGraves]

Micro Vehicle Competition

Info

• circular channel
  • 10 in by 6 in
• Must stay underwater
• 20 oz

Ideas

• laser rangfinders for centering in channel
• simple Arduino or rpi zero controller
• fins and one active motor

TODO

• Small craft
• underwater rangefinding
• control system

[alecGraves]

Qualification

Info

• gate made of 2.5in pvc pipe, top is 1m from surface, 2m wide opens down like an 'n'.
• pole made of 3.0in pvc pipe
• both painted "international orange"

Ideas

• Neural Network
• Control Loops (PID)

TODO

• vision processing
• motor control
• targeting and moving to things

[alecGraves]

Competition

Segmented Gate

Info

• random starting orientation

TODO

• Detection and Targeting
• Color tracking poles
• pid controls

Shooting Craps 🎲 💩 🔫

Info

• Running into specific dice

TODO

• template matching,
• image processing to figure out dice orientation

Buy a Gold Chip 💵💵💵💵

Info

• bump into a thing
• grab golf balls off the ground

TODO

• Figure out dimensions, claw design
• Control claw, targeting system for the claw

Play Slots 🎰

Info

• Pull the lever to reveal randomized openings
  ###TODO
• target tracking
• grabbing
• Torpedo

Drop chips on spinning wheel

Info

• acousticly detect the pinger
• drop one gold chip in a green bin
• drop 2 blue golf balls in red bin (or black if called)

TODO

• targeting
• leading drops so they land in the right location

Buy more gold chips? 💵💵💵💵

TODO

• position tracking to get back to this position
• pick up two more gold balls

Drop chips on plates and surface

Info

• acousticly detect the pinger
• Pick up balls from cylindrical containers

TODO

• Surface and place balls on colored funnels
• navigate to funnels and drop balls

Win 🥇

[alecGraves]

ok, so shooting 💩 's - we will use Mobilnet-tinyyolo to isolate the dice 🎲 and then use a custom architecture to classify which type of dice it is.