1.) What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
I used this week to start working on coding the inverse kinematics equations for calculating/controlling the robot arm movement. I watched a couple videos on inverse kinematics for robotics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFE-zuD6jok&ab_channel=EngineerM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW5FUVzYCKM&ab_channel=KevinMcAleer), particularly on Python implementations. Using what I learned, I coded some initial inverse kinematics in Python, since we plan on using Matplotlib physics simulations to test while the robot arm is still being completed.
2.) Is my progress on schedule?
Yes. I started the inverse kinematics implementation this week and plan on completing it next week, which matches our planned schedule.
3.)What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Next week I want to finish programming the inverse kinematic equation solver. Beyond the code for the equations themselves, I also want to have unit testing and simulation testing completed. I’d also like to research the QR code CV a little more and have a solid idea of our potential implementation.