Mile Stones
- Hardware platform with 4+ wheels and space for growth
- Determine Optimal work load for available motors
- Design Chassis for steering, motors, power, and controls, also lots of room to add additional hardware
- Low level movement controls
- hardware / software to prevent imminent collisions (within several feet)
- Basic Controls through a computer
- Attach an non-integrated webcam that is viewable through the network or internet
- (Could be a completely independant laptop taped to the top)
- Simple Navigation controls through a computer
- Simple controls through the internet
- GPS
- Record Location w/ sensor data
- Check navigation against GPS to contain the robot to an area, or keep it out of an area
- Way point navigation
- Grid Navigation of an area
- Optimised grid of irregular shaped area
- Expansion Mounting (2+ axis of movment for one or modular accessory) e.g. specialised camera, directional sensors…
**Dreams**
- Multiple Expansion Mounting Ports than can be independantly controlled to allow a team to work together, from multiple locations.