The most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project is the actuator and rack and pinion mechanism not working properly. In order to successfully actuate the pins, we will need this system to work or we will experience speed delays and inaccuracies. Another risk is the depth map not giving us accurate results. This could lead the wrong pins to be actuated even though they are just following the information from the depth map. The first risk is being managed by ensuring that we have proper design requirements so that the hardware does not run into any issues. The second risk is being managed by doing rigorous testing of the depth camera and ensuring that the heightmap from the camera is accurate. Further testing is currently being done to convert the heightmap to a depthmap. We have contingency plans set up to make sure that our product will still be successful. For the gantry system, we can sacrifice speed for more accurate actuation. For the depth camera, we can always find another camera to work with, ensuring that our options are not limited.
There were no changes made to the existing design of the system since the design presentation. We are pretty confident in our design, including the requirements, block diagram, and system specifications. We may run into issues that may require us to pivot from our current design, but so far we are confident in the design.
This is our schedule from the design presentation, and we are still on time with our work with no changes necessary.
A picture of visible progress this week:
