Significant Risks and Contingency Plans
The most significant risk to our project right now continues to be getting the PTZ Camera to work. There had been extensive debugging performed, with little to no success. Upon obtaining a new Raspberry Pi and setting it up with a new, proper Bullseye OS, we achieved a huge goal: the PTZ camera movements were now controlled. However, the camera video feed data proves to not be working, showing errors of unable to find camera. This could potentially be a hardware issues, in which case there are plans to immediately order a new camera, or it could still continue to be a software issue. Contingency plans still involve getting a new camera, or possibly switching the camera out entirely.
We also made progress on the rover, and have managed to set up wireless communication with the RPi over wifi successfully. This means that the communication link between the rover and the main “Local Base” information computer has been established and works. This was a critical component needed for controlling the rover in our final implementation. The main goals now are ensuring that the hardware functions properly.
System Changes
As of right now, no major system changes from the last Team Status Report exist. Other than that, we still plan on continuing to implement the system with the original PTZ Camera. If the camera video feed data can still not be properly functioning soon, we may need to resort to finding new hardware.
Other Updates
There have been no schedule changes nor any other updates. Our progress has been a bit delayed, since the camera is proving to be very troublesome. As stated last week, we plan on having a full end-to-end system working by the end of this week, though that is mostly a stretch goal by now. The camera video data must be obtained soon, or we will end up behind schedule.