The presentation went well and after seeing the other projects I am more confident in the scope of our project and our proposed schedule. This week I’ve been looking into possible UI implementations and some of the methods we are going to use to optimize cup detection and launcher precision. With our launcher mechanism arriving we are getting closer to being able to start building our robot which we are hoping will go fairly smoothly.
JP’s Weekly Status Update (3/5/2021)
I spent a lot of this week testing the algorithm with with images taken in real time on the Kinect camera. I’m still using my laptop, but should be picking up the Jetson on Monday, I began my first attempt at filtering out duplicate detected edges. I am averaging around 2 – 3 edges with the minimal filtering. I also implemented some image resizing to aid in cup detection from farther distances. This week I plan to get the Kinect working with the Jetson and complete the filtering process.
Team Weekly Status Report (2/28/2021)
A lot of our energy this week was focused early in the week with creating the presentation. We also ordered our parts as soon as we were able to on Monday so that we could get some hardware in our hands. From the presentation feedback we realized that we need more quantitative measurements in our requirements for the launcher and motion planning. We plan to add those specs this week, taking into account ball size, cup diameter, and other metrics.
We were able to all set up the toolchain to build and develop on our github repo on our local machines. We are in the process of getting all of the necessary hardware. With most things set up, we think we are in a good place to get a lot done this week