About my project

Hello! The EURECA project has brought an exciting start to my summer so far!

Let me explain a bit about my project.
I will be under the guidance of Nick Paine, who has been working on implementations on robotic algorithms in the Pharos lab.
This summer, I will be helping out with a mix of software and hardware regarding future goals for the new PROTEUS model of their robots.
Some specific goals for the lab this summer were things like multi-robot obstacle avoidance and visual interpretations using small cameras.

In these past few days, I have absorbed most of the basics on the large scale data flow and control structures of the communication between the robot and software.
To be specific, I have learned implementation of robotic controls using two programs called Player and Stage, frequently used for robot simulation and interfacing.
There are still loads of software skills and details I need to become familiar with, but I am enjoying the learning experience!

I do not have a solid set of milestones for the entire summer, but here are a few things I want to work on this week.
June 23rd : Become educated about version control systems for collaborate software editing, calibration techniques for robotic measurement/control devices, and subsumption techniques on task distributions and layering.
June 24th : Continue working on topics above to implement summer goals for PROTEUS.

I hope that with the project I can expand my scope of knowledge in the integration of hardware and software to achieve specific goals, which is useful in any light of engineering.
Of course, I will always remember to have fun in the process. :)

-- Arthur