This week, I mainly researched different sensors so that we could submit our first purchase request by the end of this week. I tried to find sensors with a decent sensing range that fit within our budget, but most sensors have around an 8mm range. From the sensors that I researched, we ended up purchasing an inductive, capacitive, and load sensor. My group also met with our TA to further discuss our mechanism and our requirements. After our discussion, we decided to tighten the requirements to 90% classification accuracy and 1-2 second latency.
Our project is still on-schedule. Next week, I plan to finalize our mechanism, order the mechanism parts, and prepare for our design presentation.