Re: [hello] Discovery Channel Canada

[Tyler Folsom]

Felicia -

We would love to see you, and hope that you will be able to film Elcano.

We have recently gotten the microprocessor to work as a speedometer. We have computer code mostly done that will let us use this information to get our first automated behavior.  We have drive-by-wire configured, so that a computer has control over power, steering and brakes.  Right now the trike moves in response to the driver's joy stick. Next step is to have the computer go a fixed distance (say 10m) and stop. The tests that we could do the week of April 28 - May 1 (or the following week):

1. With trike on a test stand, tell it to go a set distance at a set speed. Watch a stock bike cyclometer to verify that it does what we want.

2. Repeat with a few other distances and speeds.

3. Take it outdoors and make it drive itself in a straight line 10 m. Use a tape measure to look at distance travelled.

4. Set wheels for a circle and repeat 10m test.

5. Repeat various tests in circle configuration.

Everything Elcano is in metric, so no problem for Canadians.

- Tyler Folsom

On Apr 27, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Michael Park wrote:

Looping in Tyler Folsom of the Elcano Project.

On Friday, April 25, 2014, Felicia Nicholson <felicia....@bellmedia.ca> wrote:

From: Felicia Nicholson <felicia....@bellmedia.ca>
Subject: Discovery Channel Canada

Message Body:
Hi there,

I work for Daily Planet - a science and tech show on Discovery Channel Canada.

I produce a weekly segment called Future Tech, where one of our hosts, Lucas Cochran, gets behind the scenes with people who are doing cool things with tech.

We are going to be covering some stories in your neck of the woods next week and I wanted to find out some information on the Elcano Project. What kind of testing is taking place right now, and is there anything Lucas could help "test"?

Let me know your thoughts!

Felicia

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