Team Status Update for March 28

What we did

Jade and Ashika worked on integrating the storytelling program with the audio input/output on laptops. Abha started building a cardboard prototype of the robot frame and started working on the eye displays.

Risk Management

As we mentioned in our statement of work, we are no longer able to 3D print and laser cut our robot, so we are constructing it out of cardboard, wood, and clay. If the robot shell is unable to support the components inside, we may have to resort to an app or website, but we are quite confident that the robot will turn out okay. For KATbot’s functionality, we were concerned about how slow the whole system would be, now that integration has become a lot more difficult. We removed our latency requirement so that we can focus on getting the robot up and working, and from what we can tell so far, it’s latency is still short enough for human-robot interaction. Our whole system metrics are now difficult to test, particularly story cohesion and user satisfaction. For story cohesion, we will proceed as planned with family members and people over zoom. For user satisfaction, Abha will find family and friends to test the robot, but we are no longer expecting high user satisfaction scores, now that the appearance and latency of the robot have been affected.

Gantt Chart