[Autosail] Action Items

[Dan Tapper]

Hi,
Sent this over last night but don't know if it got through (message copied below)
Like Emma I have not had much use of the hacklab equipment but am eager to get stuck  in and this team project seems like a great way to do that! 

> Sounds great.
> I'm happy to take:
> - Bling - I have some ideas + I think it would be neat to create a musically responsive boat based from sensor data.
> - Sensor/camera integration
> - Assist with laser cutting (keen to learn how to use the machine!)
> I'll help with Boom/mast construction too 
> And will muck in with painting /brainstorming for a name.
> Looking forward to working on this!
> Dan 


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> On 8 Jul 2016, at 14:02, Emma Bluemke <emmabluemke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Will,
> 
> You can put me down for helping with painting, fiberglassing and waxing, construction of sails, mast, boom etc. I would love to help with laser cutting.
> I haven't used any machinery at Hacklabs before though, so I'd have to wait for a safety brief to do any of that alone. 
> I've used machines similar to most of those in other shops, though. I'd still prefer to do it with someone!
> 
> I'll also happily look at sponsorship options. There are probably some companies within the MaRS building here that would sponsor in exchange for us displaying their logos!
> Does everyone think this is a good idea? Let me know and I'll take care of that. 
> Are we close to being able to estimate how much this will cost yet?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Emma
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:52 PM, William Gibson <william.gibson.wg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello team!
>> 
>> For those who weren't able to make it to the meeting yesterday, I'm hoping to help guide you into what is going on, so that you can start working as soon as possible! Join us on Slack! Meeting minutes are posted there.
>> 
>> We have 11 weeks until race day (as of Saturday), and due to the colossal amount of risk in this project, want to have construction of hardware and software by the five week mark. That's August 13th.
>> I expect three weeks of hardware/software integration, leaving 3 weeks of slack for optimization, race tactics, and for when our deadlines slip.
>> 
>> The philosophy I pushed at the meeting were: simplicity first and low risk.
>> There are a billion cool things we can do with this platform - but it has to work, before we go down the rabbit hole optimizing it. To minimize risk, look at what is conventional - if 95% of model sailboats are a certain way, there is probably a good reason.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Work is progressing on getting hull plans ready for laser cutting - perhaps as early as next week, thanks to lots of effort by Norm and Mark L.
>> 
>> I am working on getting a version of Ardupilot set up with some empty functions for the various software components that are to be constructed.
>> 
>> Lots of thought is going into the various sensors we must have, and would like to have; the materials we can make the sails out of, etc.
>> 
>> Below is the exhaustive(-ish) list of action items, distilled from the meeting minutes, as I see them. Some points may change based on the outcome of others!
>> 
>> Thanks everyone - this is gonna be fun!
>> -Will
>> 
>> 
>> HAST unassigned action items
>> Think of names for boat and/or team (because HAST sucks)
>> Consider sources of funding? Self-fund, ads, sponsors..?
>> What camera can we use & works well with Ardupilot
>> Wireless connection to ground station - investigation
>> Drum vs Arm type of servo	for rigging - investigation
>> Track down a canoe/kayak/inflatable and paddles we can use to rescue the boat
>> Bling! Definitely necessary. No flamethrowers though.
>> 
>> HAST action items
>> Keel casting (Mark V, Alan)
>> Wind Sensor (Alan, Norm, Mark L)
>> Hull
>> Plans (Norm, Mark V)
>> Laser cutting balsa (Will, ?)
>> Skeleton construction (everyone!!)
>> Skinning with balsa (everyone!!)
>> Fiberglassing (?)
>> Painting (?)
>> Waxing (?)
>> Rudder & servo (?)
>> Rigging & servo (?) [advanced!!]
>> Sails
>> Continue parallel investigation of wingsail and Bermuda rig (main + jib) sails (Mark L, ?)
>> Construct mast, boom, etc
>> Construct and grommet sail
>> Liase with RC sailboat group here in Toronto (Mark V)
>> Ardupilot
>> Determine which hardware we should get. Requirements are relatively lax – sailboats act much more slowly than a quadcopter.
>> Overall software (Will)
>> Sensor integration (?)
>> Camera integration (?)
>> PID Tuning (Will)
>> Testing (Rob)
>> Ground Station (?) - sets target waypoints, relays and displays sensors
>> Modify ardupilot ground station to plot ship's next planned waypoint(s) – coordinate with Navigator team. [optional]
>> “Navigator” (Will, Rob, Ravi) - computes sail-able waypoints to achieve target waypoints
>> “Helmsman” (?) - Steers boat to achieve next sail-able waypoint.
>> Should handle cross track error, course over ground, bearing, heading (XTE, COG, BRG, HDG, etc).
>> “Trimmer” (?) - Trims (sets) the sails, open loop control [LUT]
>> Investigate how we could close the loop on sail control – e.g. strain gauges on mast, force sensor on rigging. Not sure what is required or sufficient. [advanced!! optional]
>> Procurements
>> Mast / spars
>> Rigging [fishing equipment]
>> Balsa, other wood (Emma)
>> Modelmaking supplies [T-pins, etc]
>> Fiberglass and epoxy
>> Paint [colours? Stencil for boat name, logo, etc?]
>> CA glue (Will, ?)
>> Servos
>> Ardupilot hardware
>> 
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