Accomplishments this week:
This week, I configured the proper CV libraries to analyze our Lidar camera data. I did this by setting up a virtual environment with the proper libraries (Python3.7, OpenCV version 4.11.0). Additionally, I configured our Jetson to analyze the distance data and wrote a script for this analysis.
Reflection on schedule:
We are slightly ahead of schedule now. We did a lot this week (object detection, distance detection, haptics).
We dedicated a lot to capstone this week, especially with the configuring of the libraries. We had to research and reconfigure the python and pip libraries to match the needs of the Lidar camera. After numerous tries of source installing and pip installing pylibrealsense, we came to the conclusion that we can’t use this library pylibrealsense. After trying other things out, we came to the conclusion that cv2 is the best python library for analyzing the camera data. Additionally, we came up with a separate command for getting distance data.
Plans for next week:
Work with Cynthia on writing a script to connect the distance detection with the computer vision code. Additionally, I plan on working with Maya on configuring the force sensitive resistors.