Project Update: Microsoft Robotics @ Home Competition

Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of recent updates. I have been swamped with school work, but fortunately I am now on Spring Break and can devote more time to this project. After going through loads of documentation and tutorials, I can say the learning curve for RDS4 is pretty steep as there are a lot of different components, but the functionality it offers is powerful. I'm currently focusing on writing code to work with the Kinect, which I'll need for the facial recognition part of my overall algorithm. I'll post more updates and a video/demonstration in the coming weeks. One tip I'd give to anyone who is going to start working with the EDDIE, is that you must daisy chain the encoders, otherwise you will only get error messages from the control board. The documentation could be a little more clear in this regard, so pay special attention to this when doing your wiring.