Robo-Magellan
Computational
Creation of the intelligence required to complete the SRS Robo-Magellan task will likely consume the greatest amount of resources in this project, for developing a system capable of autonomously operating in an outdoor environment is far from a trivial endeavor. Laying a solid framework for such a system will be critical to its success. At the very base of this frame will be the robot's main computer, which has been selected to give us enough freedom to develop computational algorithms without too much concern about rigorous performance optimization, as would normally be required when dealing with small microcontrollers. On top of that, we will be running Debian Linux, to provide a robust and easily modified operating system for our code to reside upon. Finally, our code will exist as a conglomerate of programs and libraries implemented in C and C++ which will interact to ensure the success of this project.
At this point, however, we are focusing on designing and implementing a solid hardware platform for our code to be deployed on. As such, most application development is on hold until the hardware platform has solidified.