Dear Diary,

Progress is actually happening with Project R(rrr). Today was spent cursing wheel encoders that seemed to work in the past but didn't want to any longer. They're finally whipped into shape and the chassis is looking something like a real robot. I can now start laying down some code to perform a chassis test.

There has been a slight change in plans -- there will no longer be a separate mini brain for the chassis and head. Instead the chassis mini brain will be an ATMega1284 which will also handle the tasks for the head. Since the head was only going to be a couple servos and an ultrasonic distance sensor (well, maybe also an IR ranger)(oh, and a laser) I don't see any reason to run yet another micro (the webcam functions are handled by the main brain anyway). I still think it'll make sense in the long run to leave each arm with its own mini brain.

You may also notice I finally uploaded a rendering of the finished project, utilizing the latest in CAD technology (you know, Crayola Aided Drafting).