What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
This week, I worked on integrating the QR code detection algorithm with the robotic arm. Previously, we had to send commands manually to tell the robotic arm when to pick up a box. But, this week, we got hooked up the QR code system with the arm, so now it picks up the box when the QR code is detected. I worked on debugging some of the code that was causing the arm to be too delayed in picking up the box. This involved changing the delays in the QR code detector code to be less. I also worked with the rest of the team to test our system with real boxes moving on the treadmill. We were able to get the arm to reliably pick up moving boxes based on the QR code detection. Aside from that, I’m also starting to draft aspects of the final report. Based on feedback from our midway report, we need to add more details to our final report and tell a story about how our product is better than existing products. I’m starting to list some bullet points of what we might want to talk about in the final report.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
Our progress is definitely on schedule.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Next week, I plan on working on getting the robotic arm to place boxes in different containers based on the QR code. Currently, the robotic arm places all objects in the same location. So, I need to add a bit of logic to tell the arm to place the robotic arm in different locations. Once that’s done, all of our main goals for this project should be covered. I also want to get a good chunk of the final report drafted since we have a good sense of what we need to include at this point.