Remote Interface! This week, in preparation for what became a rather successful Demo2, I continued to work through the CSM-Perception software integration process and, perhaps more significantly, programmed the remote interface! After preliminary work on the application last week, I realized that my approach using Apple’s antiquated tutorial was faulted Read more…
CSM-Perception Integration & iOS Beginnings This week, after demonstrating the independent functionality of the CSM framework to the entire team and mentors, I turned to the integration of the Perception code into the CSM together with Diego. At the moment, due to COVID-19 resultant package delays, my Jetson is narrow Read more…
Demo1 Setup/Outcomes & Integration Moving Forward This week, we had our first major demo to the Professor and TA! The bulk of the work we have done since our last status update focuses on first preparing for this demo, changing our development timeline to account for feedback given during the Read more…
CSM/Perception Integration & Cleaner Benchmarking My work this week was centered around preparing my CSM codebase for the demo, changing my timeline based on feedback from the Professor, and taking measure to prepare for integrating Perception into the CSM framework. First, in anticipation for the demo, I had to organize my Read more…
CSM Updates for Demo1, Benchmarking, & Professor Feedback This week, I worked on improving the basic foundations for the CSM laid from the previous week by preparing for Demo1, setting up means to start benchmarking performance, and acting on feedback from the Professor. In the previous meeting with our Professor Read more…
Central System Manager This week, I built the first prototype of the central system manager! As mentioned in a previous status update, I programmed the CSM using Python, a language not typically selected for multithreading purposes, open access to a wider array of GPIO libraries that would have been used Read more…
Ever since the last update, CMU’s Spring Break has ended and an ensuing rush to coordinate classes has begun. This time, for 18-500, has particularly been a frenzy considering the heavily hardware-oriented portions of our project. With existing parts at unreachable locations in Pittsburgh and all team members scattered across Read more…
System Control: COVID-19 Update With the fully offline curriculum, many changes had to be made to the project to account for the resultant distance put between all members of the team. My entire week was dedicated to planning how this would change up the system interactions, CSM, and iOS remote control. Read more…
Following from the previous status update, my work on this project can be separated between project organization and starting work on the core system manager. Focusing on the former, I acted as lead editor for our team’s design document by outlining its full content, generating all additional figures, mapping all Read more…
This week, I worked to condense and underscore the extent of our design work to date, and delivered the Design Proposal presentation to our fellow peers, guiding TA, and experienced professor. Primary objectives for this presentation include: 1) communicating the depth of detailed design work completed, 2) posing a medium Read more…