Couch Potato - We Hit a Couple Roadblocks

Couch Potato - We Hit a Couple Roadblocks

Letdowns 

We visited the welding crew to follow up on the frame from Friday. Apparently, they did not have

the tubing they needed for the frame, and said that they would begin working on it tomorrow morning.

Aside from the physical aspect, the coding aspect is not going so well either. Our car problem was 

fixed when we actually powered on the car (thanks Mr. Burnham), but it is not moving from joystick

inputs. We are currently working on the code for the joystick, as the car can move without it.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - Pending - With our frame planned, we need to have the Welding team begin building it.
2. Cleaning the Motors - In Progress - The motors are dirty, and need to be cleaned out.
3. Finishing Touches on Frame Planning - In Progress - We need to answer a few questions regarding the frame.
4. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - In Progress -  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 
5. Moving the Car with the Joystick - Road Block - We are stuck on the code for now. We are working on it.