RobAIR2013-RICM4-Groupe1-Suivi

= the Team =

This team is composed of four 4th year Polytech Grenoble students, in System & Networks specialty.

The members of this team are Nicolas Afonso, Alexandre Corso, Laurène Guelorget and Simon Planès.

= Project objectives = Our projet is a part of the RobAIR2013 project.

The shared project
RobAIR is a shared projet with two others schools:
 * ENSIMAG
 * Superior Pole Design of Villefontaine

The project consists of the development of a telepresence robot used for museum tours. It is a low cost robot (well below the maket price). The platform and software used for this robot are extensible and open-source.

Our sub project objectives
We are responsible for two main objectives:
 * Roaming between the robot and the landscape
 * ROS

=Technologies used=


 * ROS
 * Python

=Material=
 * 1 Lego Mindstorm NXT Robot
 * 2 Intel ExoPC Slate
 * 1 USB Sound card
 * 1 XBox Kinect
 * 1 Lidar
 * 2 DIY stereoscopic cameras

=Progress of the project=

The project started January 14th, 2013.

WEEK 1: from January 14th to January 20th

 * We discovered the project and the different objectives.
 * Installation of ROS and first steps with tutorials.

WEEK 2: from January 21st to January 27th

 * We organized a meeting with the 3I4 and RICM4 students. During this meeting, we talked about what everyone understood of this project and what everyone objectives are.
 * We met with the three students from Pole Design de Villefontaine and they told us what they have been working on for the last month.
 * Meeting with Rémi Barraquand at INRIA to talk about ROS.

WEEK 3: from January 28th to February 3rd

 * Writing of the SRS (first draft)
 * Talk with Thomas Calmant and Joao Claudio Américo who worked on RobAIR before with Didier Donsez