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NJAV Goals |
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1) Improve the design and implementation of the 2008 vehicle.
2) Have a working vehicle by the End of December 2009.
3) Have an optimal vehicle by the beginning of May 2010.
4) Take 1st in the 2010 IGVC Competition.
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Competition Information |
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The Intelligent Ground
Vehicle Competition or the IGVC is held at Oakland
University in Rochester, Michigan. This year will be the
competition's 18th annual event. At this moment in time a
lack of competition information is available due to the
delayed release of the schedule.
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The rules and design specifications can be
found at the IGVC website,
www.igvc.org. The rules and specifications are for the
2009 competition. Our team e-mailed the manager of the
competition and were assured that the rules and specifications
for the upcoming competition will be posted soon with little or
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NJAV Updates |
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09/18/09 -
Time line of work progress was created and
is being used as a guide to complete the project. Recovery
of last years vehicle and expense reports completed.
09/27/09 - Hardware
architecture of the old vehicle was completed and analyzed.
The hardware architecture was unsatisfactory, so a rebuild is
required.
10/16/09 - Preliminary Drawings were
constructed by the Mechanicals for a new chassis. The
Electrical engineer designed a universal power box where the
voltage from the batteries will be inputted and various voltages
will be outputted to supply the vehicle with all the power
required. The wireless e-stop is wired directly into the
circuitry of the power box. The Computer Engineer has
began testing each component to develop code and draw data.
10/30/09 - The circuitry for the power
box has been created and soldered but the actual housing has not
been constructed although it has been designed. Progress
for the collection of data has been moving forward and there are
few components left to gather data from. Mechanicals are
now furthering their original design to include a more stable
camera mount.
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