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Meeting 1, September 26, 2010
During our first meeting we discussed and brainstormed some possible ideas for projects. We eventually agreed on doing something with robots. Dr. Pankratz suggested we do something with the CMUcam. Our original idea was to use the CMUcam and the Roomba Vacuum.

Meeting 2, October 2, 2010
During our second meeting we continued to brainstorm ideas on what to do with the CMUcam. We decided not to include to Roomba as it would be to difficult.

Meeting 3, October 10, 2010
During our third meeting we looked at the CMUcam and examined the parts of it. We decided where we will store the robot and work on it. We started basic research by looking at the Senior Project of Mike Konicki.

Meeting 4, October 24, 2010
Continued online research and discused ways to manipulate the existing code for the robot. Website started using html code.

Meeting 5, November 7, 2010
Went to work on the robot and discovered that the cabinet is now locked and we have no key. So instead we looked at the code from Mike Konicki's project and started to write our own. Continued work on the website.

Meeting 6, November 12, 2010
Started putting presentation together using powerpoint and tried to get robot to work and were unsuccessful.

Meeting 7, November 14, 2010
Still no luck getting robot to work. Continued work on website and presentation. Thought we needed a cord to connect robot to computer but we were wrong.

Meeting 8, November 15, 2010 Finished writing our own code for the robot, unfortunately the robot still wont work and we cant figure it out.

Meeting 9, November 16, 2010
Tried to get camera to work and had no luck so an email was sent to Dr. Pankratz for help.

Meeting 10, November 17, 2010
Met with Dr. Pankratz to look at robot. Was able to get power to the camera but still unsucceful in connecting to the computer. Talked to Dr. McVey about Bitmap Binary file program to include in the presentation. Emailed Dr. Blahnik for help with troubleshooting the robot.