X-Git-Url: http://challenge-bot.com/repos/?p=challenge-bot;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=07badb5a747f25e6742554c69438b94b0fcac92a;hp=93966a70bf08ce9d3876d52a0d88e80f6b660330;hb=66a9b51ce12f849fc2b713c7b0687c1fa9627581;hpb=a920a7b58f2b278a1b088a4ae284d02646b50bc2 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 93966a7..07badb5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,38 @@ -challenge-bot -============= +# HBRC 2013 Challenge Robot -Information about the 2013 HBRC Challenge Robot. +## quickstart + +serial + +pushbutton + +## Introduction + +For 2013, it is proposed that there be a "club bot". +The goal is to learn from the 2011 "club bot" and +improve upon it. + +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 2013 robot is to try +to make it expandable from simple to more complex in +reasonable incremental steps. + +The base is organized around 1in x 1in grid peg-board +which is readily available from locations link Home +Depot, Lowes, and lumber stores. + +There would be a variety of independent upgrades +that could be done in whatever order the user +feels inclined to use: + +## Basic Platform: + +The basic robot would be built in three phases: + +### Phase 0: Arduino + Blinky LED's: +### Phase 1: Build Robot Platform +### Phase 2: Build TableTop Challenge Phase 1