Future Project Page
Potential future projects and initial point of contact for the off-season.
| Title | Category | Description | Initial point of contact | Who is interested? |
| Software Project Architecture | Software | Reorganisation code structure for more efficient reuse and speedier development. | Liam | |
| Scouting application | Software | Software for use at competition by IC. Likely mobile based client with web back end. Maybe open source for all teams? Need better methods for defence ratings. | TBA | |
| Multi Axis Arm | Hardware and Software | Two projects in one! Hardware project to design and construct the arm then software to get it under control! | TBA | Dhiluka / Connor |
| Workshop Code Project | Software | Software project to develop a gui / dashboard driven system to provide basic motor, actuator control plus electrical and pneumatic testing in the workshop with no compile or deployment of new code :). | TBA | Alex |
| Robot in 3 hours | Hardware and software | Proposed project to enable us to visit new teams and get them going - hardware aspect is to define the tools and parts required and software to develop 3x out of the box projects (C++, Java and Labview). | TBA | |
| Pit structure | Hardware | Design, make or buy | TBA | |
| Robot Trolley 3.0 | Hardware | Recent trolley enhancements have demonstrated that we have been missing this huge creativity opportunity | Mitch | Mitch / Dhiluka |
| Control System Design Notes | Control | Notes to describe stuff that works plus preferred electrical and pneumatic components and solutions | Ian | |
| Develop image processing pipeline that can guide drive base toward target | Software | Use image processing to select Motion Profile Arc or Motion Magic Arc and drive robot to fully automate hatch loading from 2m. | Kiki | Kiki/Alex/Jeff |
| Investigate sensor suite | Control | Identify super set of sensors, sources, pricing and documentation for permitted FRC devices. For example, cameras, ultrasonic, lidar etc. | TBA | |
| Website review and rework | Business | Strategic review of website purposes and rework to suit. | Sara J | |
| Driver Station | Operations | All-in-one case and controls | Max | Dhiluka / Max |
| Hardware smarts | Hardware | Research sources for smart mechanisms | Paul | |
| Alternative manufacturing techniques | Hardware | Trial alternative robot frame construction methods (e.g. welding) | Luca | |
| Alternative drive train options | Hardware | Research alternative drive wheel configurations, gearboxes (e.g. PTO and/or shifter) | Max | |
| Skills workshop - safety | All | Workshop and demo and competition safety procedures. | Meg | All, mandatory |
| Skills workshop - CAD | Hardware | Inventor and GrabCAD skills development | Sam / Connor / Alex / Kiki | |
| Planning and strategy | All | Develop plan and approach to 2020 build and competition season | Darcy | Darcy / Connor |