Roadmap - Milestone 0

Tasks

1. build a robot (only with drive and camera)
   • what kind of drive (e.g. how many wheels)?
   • what should the base look like?
   • how to connect hardware?
   • keyterms: controllability, robustness, modularity
2. run ROS on robot
   • sending signals to motors
   • get information from encoders
   • get image from camera
3. create robot in ROS simulator
   • embed mechanical properties, e.g.:
     • wheel size
     • wheel distance
   • use kobuki?
4. implement controllers (in simulator) for
   • forward movement (as in lab task 3)
   • following a known object
5. implement simple hand-detection algorithm
   • w/ or w/o calibrating camera
   • using simple pattern matching or skin color detection
6. integrate software on robot
   • think about code structure (e.g. how should we organize packages/nodes)