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Wednesday
03/07/2007
2pm - 3pm


Updated the logs which i missed for last week.

Discussed with Shane about the types of Motors, Motion Controllers and shaft supports to be used.
Went through the links on PacMation, Stafford, Misumi and Thomas.


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Friday
03/16/2007
2pm - 3pm


Came across and read very informative documentations which should be useful to our project.

DARPA  ( www.darpa.org )
 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD).  
DARPA’s mission is to leverage ingenuity and research to develop transformational technologies that give our armed forces a decisive edge.

DARPA Grand Challenge
Created in response to a Congressional and DoD mandate, DARPA Grand Challenge is a field test intended to accelerate research and development in autonomous 
ground vehicles that will help save American lives on the battlefield.  The Grand Challenge brings together individuals and organizations from industry, the R&D community, 
government, the armed services, academia, students, backyard inventors, and automotive enthusiasts in the pursuit of a technological challenge.


http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge05/techpapers.html


I am working on a project outline which would be a guideline for us to implement different modules. 

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*** IMPORTANT !

	Since i've been working with Shane for Steering motors assembly i had not include all the 
	work data in my logs. Please refer to Shane's logs for work details. 

	Shane's on top of Steering mechanism. 
	I believe it would be more productive if i focus on a diffent module so we can go further in the project.
	What we lack is a project plan. I wish to work on that. 





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Monday
03/26/2006
3.30pm - 4.30pm


Working on a over all project plan with different modules needed to be implemented on the project
with the help of the IGVC documentation.
I should be able to submit a legitimate plan for the Team meeting on 03/29.


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