Kris has come to pitch in just as Daniel has gone MIA for a while (he just had a baby). Kris is new to the projects so to get us started we did some constructive destruction on the Jeep. We ripped everything out and we're going to redo it from scratch, but simple.
The new motto is: Keep It Simple Stupid. I guess that was sort of our motto last time, but this time we're also going to keep it modular and remove fail-safes. Why? Because its easier and the government isn't watching. For example, why have a backup brake actuator when you can just have one and hope for the best? Good plan. Actually, it will probably end up more reliable if only for the reason that will be easier to figure out what's going on at any moment once the spaghetti is cleaned out. There's nothing more scary than a giant robot that has a mind of its own. And in any case, it will be fun.
Scott spent all day battling with sscanf until he realized he just needed to update the firmware on the Roboteq. Once the software is adapted it will be great because the same software will be able to control AION the jeep, Zippy the golf cart, or Johnny the test bot.
