Team Tiburon Software Inductions 2021

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Team Tiburon welcomes you to the Software Induction 2021 for Sophomores. This induction consists of a three weeks simulation challenge followed by a personal interview.

A Tiburon Software Member has the following responsibilities:

1. Perception: Develop software to perceive and process the environment using various sensors.
2. Navigation: Control strategies and path planning algorithms to maneuver the robot
3. Simulation: Present a proof of concept before jumping into costly hardware.
4. Hardware Integration: Develop driver code for various peripherals.

This induction process aims to test and prepare a sophomore to undertake all the responsibilities mentioned above.

Prerequisites:

1. Intermediate knowledge in C++, ROS, SDF/URDF scripting, and Gazebo Simulation.
2. Basic knowledge of Control Systems (PID Controller).
3. Experience in Computer Vision and OpenCV library.

General Instructions:

1. GitHub Discussions Section shall be used as the communication platform for all announcements, discussions, and Q&A.

2. Raise technical issues or bugs in GitHub Issues Section. We will do our best to solve all the issues.

3. Follow this Getting Started for all installation walkthroughs and setup guide.

Problem Statement:

In the midst of a war, Team Tiburon is assigned a defense contract to build an acoustic torpedo missile capable of following surface vessels, submarines, and enemy torpedos. The team needs to simulate the design and present a proof of concept.

Your Tasks, should you choose to accept it

1. Model the torpedo in Gazebo. Read More

2. Simulate the Torpedo to detect and destroy an enemy submarine. Read More

Submission Guidelines:

1. Visit https://github.com/new/import and fill in the details as mentioned below. Note: Make sure to select the Private option.

2. Clone & Build the Repository:

cd ~/tiburon_ws/src

git clone [email protected]:<your_github_username>/tiburon_software_induction.git

cd tiburon_software_induction
git remote add public https://github.com/auvnitrkl/software_induction_2021.git

catkin build

3. You will be asked to add one of the Tiburon Software Mentor to your repository as a collaborator at the end of week 1. You shall regularly commit and push your changes in your private repository, which your mentor will watch.

4. When a new task is uploaded in the auvnitrkl public repository, you have to merge those changes in your private repository using the following commands. (If a message prompts in the terminal regarding merge, press Ctrl+x to exit)

git pull public main

git push origin main