As of right now, the biggest risk to the project is again the integration of all the different components. When we were integrating the camera with the Jetson, we could tell the temperature of the Jetson had increased as well as there was a clear lag in the OS. This could be a potential issue down the road when we try to run the Lidar in coordination with the camera. This could lead to overheating and the process slowing down entirely. The risks are being managed by looking in to cooling devices such as a fan as well as maybe looking at low intensity object detection. We do not have a clear contingency plan if they both do not work together but after seeing the camera in action this week, we discussed that it is needed by this time next week.
No definite changes were made to the design besides the use of wired ethernet. We have bought a wireless wifi adapter though and hope to use that instead of the wired connection soon. The change was not necessary and it was only some opportunity cost of some lab time.
No schedule changes have occurred. We are still on track.
Look at Fayyaz and Chad most recent reports for some pictures of what we got working!