Jack’s Status Report for 2/11/2023 – Team B4 : Robotic Trash Concierge

What did I accomplish?:
- This week I have begun researching SLAM and related algorithms, specifically I am interested in combining lidar depth data with visual landmarks (April tags) to improve mapping.
- Additionally, my group mates and I discussed the benefits/challenges of using a 360 deg. lidar system vs. a fixed lidar system. (It also may be possible to filter the 360 deg. lidar system?)
- I helped fix our website to properly display weekly status report posts by category/team member.
Am I on schedule?: Yes, no direct tasks where assigned this week.
What deliverables do I want to complete next week?:
1. If I get access to the roomba next week, I would like to have basic movement control when tethered to a PC complete.
2. If I get access to the LIDAR camera early next week, I would like to attempt implementing SLAM using a premade library (Maybe MATLAB or slam_toolbox)
3. If I get access to a camera, my goal is to implement local bin identification.