RobotX 2026

Weekly Sprint Meeting

2026-03-09

We are so back (in Notion)

Meeting Overview

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Primary Semester Goal

Vehicle readiness video prior to finals

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Agenda

1. Status Update
2. Sprint 4 Planning and Next Steps

Upcoming Events

• Work Sessions M-Th 6-8PM
• 3/14 - MRG Field Day
• MRG Elections & Assignments

Status Update - General

• Boat status
  • Orange Boat “special sauce” has been put on a bill (Thanks Em!) → update on purchasing?
    • Approved! Nick ask Will if purchasing this week otherwise Aaron
  • Boat Software meeting on 2/28, fleshed out what packages we need and some responsible engineers have been identified
    • tasks still need to be defined and advertised
      • Lots of adapting Pontus
  • Boat E-stop needs to be redone and S-BUS testing → this week (frfr)
  • Presto-Jr. needs updates (logic shifter, RC receiver connector updates, LED relay module holes) → Will be done by Wednesday, ordered on Friday
  • Software
    • GUI + OSC Box - Thursday after 5 CDR
    • Need to test GT-BBX stack
    • Dry test - announce for Thursday
    • Auryn → YOLO node
    • Behavior tree MVP for Saturday
• BlueBoat hardware upgrades
• BlueROV status
  • Test last Friday did not happen
  • Test this Friday (frfr)
• BlueROV upgrades…
  • Compliance needs
    • Indicator light
    • Estop
    • Tether? (Detachable)
  • External additions
    • Antenna mount
    • Detachable tether mount
    • Sonoptix mount
    • DVL mount
• Drone status
  • ESCs wrong direction?
    • Calibrate tomorrow
    • Fly Wednesday
  • Drone safety stuff approved by vendor system
    • Is this on a bill yet?
  • Status light WIP
• Simulation
  • Hardware
    • Get amazon links for filament
    • Prop print died
  • Software
    • Sim

Status Update - Repo Restructuring

@Sean Fish

1. 3 new GitHub stacks: gt-blueboat-x, gt-ocs, gt-bluerov2-x
   • These are qix stacks, like greenhorn
   • gt-blueboat-x will also contain the competition-specific bringup and description packages
2. Moved mavros utilities into mavros-utils repository
3. Moved comms and simulation into robonation-ros repository