Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering http://pave.princeton.edu We Build Robots! Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Partnering with FIRST team 1923 http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/partnering-with-first-team-1923 http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/partnering-with-first-team-1923#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:08:51 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=905 For the last several days, we’ve been working with FIRST Team 1923 from West Windsor – Plainsboro School District, the FIRST team which our current PAVE President Derrick Yu helped to found. We’re excited to launch the second year of our FIRST outreach program, and we hope that focusing on fewer teams and building a partnership with 1923 will set the groundwork for a stronger outreach program in the future. The group has been working diligently and making excellent progress, and we look forward to seeing their successes!

Team 1923 is now in their fourth season, and won the 2009 New Jersey Regional FIRST competition. That earned them a spot at the Championship in Atlanta, where they managed to get to division quarterfinals. This year, the team is bigger than ever, with approximately 40 members. The students are involved with all aspects of the team, from robot construction to fundraising.

If your local FIRST team could benefit from a partnership with PAVE, feel free to contact us for more information about our program and how we can help.

This year, PAVE members will be attending the New Jersey regional to cheer on team 1923 and other teams from the greater Princeton area. We will also be exhibiting Prospect Twelve and our current (yet-to-be-named) IGVC robot at the New York City regional.

More information about the FIRST robotics program can be found at the FIRST website.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/partnering-with-first-team-1923/feed 0 Spring Semester Kickoff! http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/spring-semester-kickoff http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/spring-semester-kickoff#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:45:28 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=908 With a new semester comes a new batch of opportunities to work on the PAVE projects. Machining of the IGVC frame has gotten underway, we’ve been busy working on code for P12, and we recently ordered a slew of new parts for all 3 of our projects. Things are really starting to get underway so stay tuned for more info about project build dates and a Spring Kickoff party!

If you want to get involved with a specific project, contact the project leaders. Their information can be found on the Wiki.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/spring-semester-kickoff/feed 0 New PAVE sign on display in the E-Quad http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/new-pave-sign-on-display-in-the-e-quad http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/new-pave-sign-on-display-in-the-e-quad#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:31 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=888 Check out the new team photo that has been put up in the C wing of the E-Quad. We look great! Thanks to Frank Wojciechowski for taking the photo, and to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for featuring the display.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/new-pave-sign-on-display-in-the-e-quad/feed 0 Record Number of New Recruits to PAVE http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/record-number-of-new-recruits-to-pave http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/record-number-of-new-recruits-to-pave#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:45:52 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=883 We are proud to announce that we’ve broken the PAVE recruiting record with an all time high of over 50 new members. Although the increase coincides with the expanded enrollment of B.S.E. students at Princeton, several of our new members are Sophomores and Juniors, and many are from disciplines outside the engineering school.As always, we’ve recruited members with a wide range of interests and skill levels, from veterans of battle bots competitions to novices with little programming or machining experience. We spent last weekend running sessions in our garage, giving tours of our facilities to our new members and introducing them to the software and hardware tools of the robotics trade. Our two main projects will get underway at the end of this week, with plenty of tasks for new members at all levels of experience.

We’ll be bringing you news about our progress this year through our blog, as well as content on our social sites, linked on the sidebar to the right. We’re looking forward to a busy and productive season, so stay tuned for more!

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/record-number-of-new-recruits-to-pave/feed 0 PAVE Announces Participation in 2010 IGVC http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-announces-participation-in-2010-igvc http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-announces-participation-in-2010-igvc#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:00:23 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=878 We’re excited to announce that we’ll be participating in the 2010 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC), which will run from June 5-8, 2010 in Rochester, Michigan. At this point, we are still finalizing our plans for our 2010 entry, which is yet to be named. Check back in the coming months for news and updates on the progress of our 2010 IGVC team.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-announces-participation-in-2010-igvc/feed 0 Welcome to the new PAVE website! http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/welcome-to-the-new-pave-website http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/welcome-to-the-new-pave-website#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:00:05 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=869 For those of you who are keen-eyed and constantly checking in on our site, you may have noticed a shift in the web design. For those of you following our RSS feed, head on over to our website to check out the improvements. We’ve been working on many of the additions for over a month now, and we’re proud to unveil what we have so far. Some areas of the site are still under construction, so please keep your hard-hats on and watch for falling debris. We’ll have everything polished up in about two weeks.

In the meantime, take a look around, marvel at the new sidebar and the new navigation structure. Take a look at our gorgeous (in most cases 800 X 600) photos by clicking on the thumbnail previews. If something doesn’t look right, please let us know via our all-new contact form.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/welcome-to-the-new-pave-website/feed 0 A New Look For the Coming Year http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/a-new-look-for-the-coming-year http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/a-new-look-for-the-coming-year#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:06 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/?p=637 We’re currently working on a complete redesign of our entire website, including an all new front page. For those of you who subscribe to our RSS feed but don’t visit often, come on by and see our redesigned blog page. We don’t have a definite launch date for the rest of the site, but we’re planning on having it all up within the next few weeks.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/a-new-look-for-the-coming-year/feed 0 Website Updates and Improvements http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/website-updates-and-improvements http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/website-updates-and-improvements#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:43:20 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/main/?p=403 We’re constantly maintaining and updating our website, and lately we’ve done a few major uploads of publications and content:

  • Our 2009 IGVC design report is now available as a pdf download.
  • A paper on our method of lane detection, written by Derrick Yu as part of a Junior Independent Work project is also now available as a pdf download.
  • We’ve finally gotten around to updating our navigation page for the 2008 IGVC.

In addition, we’re working on embedding all of our videos and adding a gallery of our photos. However, you can always visit our flickr group and our YouTube channel for photos and videos, respectively. We’ll also be updating our site with more content about Argos, our entry in the 2009 IGVC.

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/website-updates-and-improvements/feed 0 PAVE successfully concludes 2009 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-successfully-concludes-2009-intelligent-ground-vehicle-competition http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-successfully-concludes-2009-intelligent-ground-vehicle-competition#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:53:59 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/main/?p=367 After four long days in Rochester, Michigan, the PAVE team finished its second year competing in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) with a win. The team’s robot, Argos was the leading robot at the competitions Navigation Challenge, being the only robot to successfully navigate all of the waypoints on the course. while Braving a persistent downpour and the threat of thunderstorms on Monday, the final day of competition, Argos avoided obstacles such as cones, barrels and fences on its trek.

PAVE would like to thank its sponsors for the IGVC: The Princeton University School of Engineering, The Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Gladiator Technolgies Inc. and HemisphereGPS.

Pictures and Video to come!

]]> http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-successfully-concludes-2009-intelligent-ground-vehicle-competition/feed 0 PAVE at the 2009 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-at-the-2009-intelligent-ground-vehicle-competition http://pave.princeton.edu/blog/pave-at-the-2009-intelligent-ground-vehicle-competition#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:11:59 +0000 pave http://pave.princeton.edu/main/?p=359 The Princeton IGVC team will be arriving in Rochester, Michigan on Thursday for the 17th annual IGVC. The competition begins tomorrow with the first round of design competitions. We will be making our design presentation on Saturday. Today, our team is enjoying a day at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, before completing the remaining two hours to the competition location. We’ll be updating the blog with plenty of photos and videos as the competition progresses. Check back soon!

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