This week I helped my team prepare for the project presentation. I researched papers on automatic rotten/fresh fruit sorting to propose better ideas for our mechanical design. We decided to get rid of the rotating plate idea for now due to it not working well with non-round fruits such as a banana. We plan to go for a diagonally placed 2-camera system.
I also researched pistons and in particular, solenoid-type pistons due to Prof. Savvides’s suggestion. They were more expensive than expected, ranging from $245 to $436. I also have started looking up code samples for image segmentation and plan to implement a simple one in the first half of next week. I think we may be slightly behind schedule but not too shabby. The mechanical design, particularly the pistons worry me. So, I plan to meet with the team to go over our design again.
