README.md

Victor Architecture

• Hardware

• System Architecture Overview: Organization of processes and components, and communication between them

• Simulated vs. Physical Robots

• Observable Objects: Things the robot can see and estimate the pose of

• BlockWorld / FaceWorld / PetWorld: How objects/faces are stored, and coordinate frame "rejiggering"

• Vision Component/System

• Poses: Representing position, uncertainty, and kinematic chains & trees

• Path Planner: How Victor gets form A to B and navigates around obstacles

• Mapping: Helps provide information on obstacles/driveability to the planner

• Actions

• Animations: Perform coordinated movements with sound

• Behaviors: Coordinated actions and animations

• Emotion System: Track the robot's emotional state to drive behaviors and animation

• Cube Connection: Connect to cubes to allow lights/sensor data collection

• Testing

  • Unit tests for engine
  • unit tests for coretech
  • Webots tests (sometimes fail!)