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Jasper Lessiohadi’s Status Report for 2/26

This week, I finalized designing the UI and all of its components, as was shown in our design presentation. We all agreed on a way to integrate the camera into the screen space and how we could best interact with it. We decided to try to borrow an iPad from either the inventory or from Sorrells to use the screen. However, we have not yet gotten it, so I have not been able to produce any kind of deliverable. An additional issue that I have is that while I have experience using Swift for app development, I do not currently own a computer running iOS. This can simply be overcome by using some of the ones that are available in the computer labs on campus. I will just have to be careful budgeting my time so that I am able to use them when I need to.

If we find that using an iPad is unfeasible, though, we may end up using another touch screen. This will mostly be if we cannot find a way to integrate it with the rest of the parts of our design, but that I do not think that will be to much of a problem.

 

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Team Status Report for 2/26

This week, we completed our designs for each subsystem and compiled all of this information in our design review presentation. Additionally, we have placed our order for parts that we will need for the project and hope to integrate them into our development as soon as we can. The group has also done some work regarding the actual development of our respective parts. Joseph has done work on the robotic arm, including creating CAD models of pieces of the robotic arm that we are making and 3D printing some of those parts. He has also split up work for writing the design report. Raymond has done some work and research on blob detection, including finding a possible new system to increase the accuracy of our CV. Jasper has been considering different ways for us to integrate the touch screen UI into our system, but will have to wait until our parts come to decide what will be best. Finally, as a whole, we seem to be on schedule for a successful project.

 

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Jasper Lessiohadi’s Status Report for 2/19

This week, I worked more with python in order to better familiarize myself with it and prepare myself for when I get to work with the touch screen hardware that we will be working with. I have also looked more into UI design to give the best user experience I can. The overall planning for the project and design of it is almost done and I am very happy with the direction it is going. We have decided to divide the grill into four sections with one piece of meat on each. The touch screen UI will then have an overhead camera feed of the grill which the user can then use to manually interact with the meat if they so choose. I am happy with what my rough draft of the UI for now, however I will definitely want to add colors that match the theme of the project. I am thinking they will be medium/dark browns and/or other similar colors. I will have to figure out what looks best once the UI is more developed.  For now, I am on track with our projected plan and I am excited to see how the project evolves over time.

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Jasper Lessiohadi’s Status Report for 2/12

This week I have primarily been brushing up on Python so that when we really get going with the project, I will be ready as well. I have coded mostly in C and C++ for the last few semesters, so this preparation was necessary for me to be able to properly contribute. I am not as well-versed in robotics or computer vision as my partners, so I most of my work will probably end up being related to UI and the software controller, rather than the two previously stated aspects. I have also been familiarizing myself with front-end development to better accommodate how a user would most likely interact with our product. I hope that this research will allow for a smooth and satisfying experience for anyone who tries it.