Category: Alex’s Status Reports

This week we were able to get the wifi connection working from the arduino to Michael’s computer and are now able to use a battery, although not the battery we are planning on using, to power the arduino. I am now working on sending data from my computer to Michael’s but I have not found the best method for actually sending the data. I also attached the wrist strap to the frisbee and tested it out. Our testing ended up breaking the wrist strap so we have purchased a new one in hopes that it will work better.

Next week, I will be able to send data to Michael’s computer that way he has all of the data he needs for the flight of the frisbee. Additionally, I hope to complete our testing on the way the frisbee flies.

This week I looked into other computer vision models because the open pose model was not fast enough for our project. I found a new model called mediapipe and tested it out. It is able to capture the human figure much more efficiently and there is less lag on the display. This is beneficial as when we send the data from my computer to Michael’s it will be more on time.

Next week I hope to set up the data points we are trying to measure using the CV. This means calculating the distance between the person and the disc and their height in case we do not use the tof sensor. 

This week on Monday we had the ethics section and I also worked on the ethics homework. Additionally we chatted as a group about the ethics of our project. I also found a better body tracking software is now working and has a much higher frame rate.

Next week, I hope to have all of the arudino code working and the ability to send the data from the arduino to the computer and take inputs into unity.

During the course of this week I worked on the design presentation and specifically focused on the parts we are using and the gantt chart. Additionally, I looked into open pose a little bit more and we started looking at an arduino uno as we are planning on using the arduino nano for our project.

This upcoming week I am hoping to order all of the parts we need for the project after hearing the feedback from the design presentation. Additionally, I hope to start writing some arduino code that can send data to the RPi to set up the integration for further testing.

During the course of this week I was able to work on deciding on which sensors we are going to use for the project.  I ensured that each of the sensors can use the same communication protocol that way the microcontroller on the frisbee can connect to both easily. Additionally, I made sure that they each have a voltage that can be created using the Arduino Nano. Another task I worked on was creating some of the slides for the design presentation for this week. These included making the new gantt chart that is more detailed week to week.

I believe we are on schedule this week and will purchase the sensors this week once we receive feedback during the design presentation. That way we will be prepared to test next week before we go into the integration process.

Next week I hope we purchase the sensors and I hope to understand OpenPose and how we can implement it into the project.