-challenge-bot
-=============
+# challenge-bot
-Information about the 2013 HBRC Challenge Robot.
+## prerequisites
+
+install the following software:
+
+[openSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/downloads)
+
+[fritzing](http://fritzing.org/download/)
+
+[arduino ide](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software)
+
+## quickstart
+
+[openSCAD tutorial](http://goo.gl/E3OQXc)
+
+[assemble the hardware](http://goo.gl/EV0FCJ)
+
+[wire and load code to the robot](http://goo.gl/srWpeI)
+
+## Introduction
+
+Most introductory robots are "dead-end" robots that
+tend to strand people after they have the first
+few robot behaviors are implemented -- obstacle avoid,
+wall follow, line follow, don't fall off table, etc.
+
+One of the primary goals of the challenge-bot is to try
+to make it expandable from simple to more complex in
+reasonable incremental steps.
+
+The base is organized around 1-inch x 1-inch grid peg-board
+which is readily available from locations such as Home
+Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores.