My main focus this week was on learning Gazebo and ROS. I was able to get a simulated robot which uses the same iRobot base…
This week I worked on: Worked with teammates on what type of arm movement should be used to grab items and place into the bin…
I worked with Andy and Hojun to finalize our presentation and parts. I discovered the motion model our robot follows (differential drive) which will allow…
This week, we gave our proposal presentation and started to work on the parts list that we would order to work on the hardware side…
Work: Updated Gantt chart tasks and added weekly assignments for blog Finalized technical parts (jetson xavier for compute power and depth camera for distance calculation)…
To elaborate on last week’s status report, we decided on the iRobot base because we realized that our original project scope was too big for…
Worked with Andy and Omar on the abstract, the proposal presentation, the Gantt chart. I researched different robotic bases that we could use that would…
I worked with Andy and Hojun to create our abstract, Gantt chart, and presentation. I researched different types of grippers and discovered that using a…
Work: Finished up presentation content and the Gantt Chart/schedule for our project Helped team adjust proposal and abstract to fit new project design Setup WordPress…
Changes to Design: We are now building an autonomous robot that operates on workshop floors to identify color-marked tools that have dropped onto the floor,…