This week our main focus was on familiarizing ourself with the components. I did some research on the compatibility and specs of the Create 1 model that was available, and concluded that it was not going to be suited for our project, and that we should instead buy a Create 2. The Raspberry Pi we borrowed required some peripherals, but also some setup. For the OS, I would’ve preferred to use Ubuntu Mate, as it is relatively lightweight and very…
This week we focused mainly on starting to test our parts and deciding logistics of our work schedule. We discovered that the roomba available for borrow was a Create 1, made in 2007. In addition to the specs being subpar, there is also little documentation available online for that model. Most supported projects, datasheets, and discussions online are using the Create 2. Therefore, we returned the roomba and requested a purchase of the Create 2. The RPLIDAR is great and…
This Week Most of my capstone time was spent doing research on the planned implementations of our components. Specifically, I looked into using a rotating LIDAR as suggested by Tamal, especially its feasibility with an embedded system. One project I found was this one, where someone had used the exact model of sensor we were looking at (RPLidar A1M8) with a Raspberry Pi 3. They even provided their source code, which I’m sure will be very useful to us moving…