Week 2 (Sept. 5, 2018)

During the second week, the small scale control teams had the opportunity to present on what they'll be improving during the both semester. Those improvements where listed during the presentation and they're listed down as:

1.  Add a differential drive on the wheel to avoid over-usage of the servo and the wheels 
2. Add an inductive charging to wirelessly charge the pod car   
3. Improve the Python Graphical User Interface and add some features to the software to make the interface easier
4. Improve the censoring system of the pod car in order to avoid collision during turns.

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