Pool Test 04/12/2025 & 04/13/2025

04/12/2025 Oogway: After several weeks of frustrating issues with state, Denton finally fixed the issue by resetting the pose0_differential and odom0_differential fields in Oogway’s oogway.yaml config file in sensor_fusion to true, which reverts them to their original settings. Combined with the earlier fix to the DVL coordinate frame, these changes restored proper state behavior. To …

Pool Tests 04/05/2025 & 04/06/2025

Last weekend marks a major milestone for the team. Crush, our mini-robot, officially entered the water with all its electrical systems and software fully mounted! This achievement reflects a year’s worth of collaboration, persistence, and innovation across all subteams. With Crush finally in the water, we can now begin testing its full capabilities, including performing …

Pool Test 03/30/2025

This was a relatively short pool test focused on resolving the DVL issues we encountered during the previous pool test. Specifically, we suspected that the DVL’s X and Y axes were swapped, leading to incorrect state data. Before heading to the pool, Denton and I attempted to fix this by modifying the DVL settings via …

Pool Test 02/22/2025

Today, our primary focus was on completing the pre-qualification with Oogway. We also tested torpedoes and the minibot. Battery Cable Before the pool test, a few electrical and mechanical members removed excess epoxy off of the battery cable and clamped the copper part down with pliers, as it was loose. The cable worked for the …

Pool Test 02/16/2025

We first adjusted Oogway’s buoyancy. With the two large buoyancy blocks attached behind the torpedo launcher, along with adjustments made in the pool, we were able to make Oogway’s buoyancy level. In this process, we noticed that the spacers for the buoyancy shafts are too small and need to be reprinted with a larger diameter. …