Weeelp, we’re finally nearing the finish line not only of this project but of our undergraduate careers. COVID-19 certainly didn’t make it easy for us, but we mustered through. It would’ve been great to have the opportunity to come together to integrate everything and see a fully finished project, but Read more…
Demo 2 Feedback and Wrapping Up! This week, we had a pretty successful second demo. Diego and Ike focused heavily on the software integration and showed the perception pipeline working in tandem with the rest of the CSM. One thing that they hadn’t considered was the time that the CSM Read more…
This week we mainly focused on integrating the different pieces of code for this project. Previously the perception components did not work with the rest CSM but we are definitely closer to getting that all sorted out. The code responsible for the physical aspects of the system, the motors is 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…
Preparing for Demo 1 This week, the team mainly focused on finalizing a big portion of each individual subcomponent in order to demo it the following week. Ike is in the process of finishing a first draft of the CSM, in which different subcomponents are running concurrently and are simulating Read more…
This week we came to the realization that e are a week behind the previous schedule as a result of all the changes due to COVID19. Since then we have discussed what has changed in our goals and how we will accomplish these goals. We have decided to develop this 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…
Last week, the team finalized InFrame’s design! Check it out under our Documents tab. Going over each aspect of our design really forced us to find holes and pinpoint weaknesses in our implementation strategy. By having to justify each design decision, we were able to drive our design further and are Read more…
After reviewing the comments we have determined there are a few things that might still need some clarification: We determined that 60ms is the maximum lag we have to be able to track and film without it being terribly noticeable. From research we found that the time required for tracking Read more…
This week, our entire team focused on streamlining and better structuring the design process with sights set on the Monday Design Review presentation. With this objective in mind, we conducted further research into the feasibility of different designs, parts, algorithms, and computer vision models, with an additional importance placed on Read more…