01/06/22 - SW/FW Weekly
What needs to get done for SAR?
For SAR, we should focus on rapid iteration / testing rather than writing pretty code (make a SAR branch)
Firmware
ODrive work
ODrive testing in the bay on Sunday, Jan 9, 2022 from 8:30am - 4:30pm
Coordinate beforehand since we can only have max 5 people in the bay
ODrive encoder support (Cindy)
ODrive CAN testing (Rohan)
How to initialize the CAN bus?
Setting up CAN messages in YAML descriptor
Figure out how to do master ↔︎ axis message transactions
Modules work
CAN module (Dhruv)
Porting existing CAN driver to modules structure
Gimbal servo module
Kinda low priority but open to takes
Science (Jahnavi, Stanley)
Sync with mech/EE on how the science mechanism works
Software
Drivetrain (Melvin)
Arm (Orson)
“IK is a priority to get done for SAR” - Melvin
Science
Orson to look into this after finishing arm work
ROS stuff
Gimbal
ROS stuff
Autonomy
https://discourse.ros.org/t/nav2-first-time-setup-guide-complete/23664
^ Melvin recommends reading this
Gamepad