Again the team has a busy morning preparing for a 9:30 practice time. However, everyone's tests today must begin with a mandatory DARPA Safety Inspection and E-Stop test. Just having experienced a failure with the E-Stop DARPA provided us, many team members are uneasy about the test.
Despite the nervousness caused by the E-Stop system, Odin passes both the Safety Inspection and E-Stop test. A news crew from Korea interviews team members of Victor Tango at the test. The rest of the 30 minute test period is used to subject Odin to further tests designed by the team. One problem that crops up is collection of dust on one of the rear sensors. Not used the the sandy desert environment, Odin has trouble with the caked on particles.To solve the dust issue the team simultaneously seeks a software and a hardware solution. The hardware team tries multiple solutions, eventually resulting in the purchase and testing of a shop vac to be used as a blower. Before the shop vac can be successfully implemented as a dust remover, the software team is able to come up with a filter that nearly eliminates the ill effects of the dust. Anyone need a shop vac?
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