Abigael’s Status Report for 2/8

This week I looked into the camera for our project and filled out the order form for our team. Originally, I was planning on adapting a GoPro that I already have to use underwater as they can be used to livestream video. However, in Emma’s research on different Arduino systems she found a waterproof Raspberry Pi compatible camera that we were able to order which would be easy to connect and integrate with our system. After that I spent some time watching tutorials on how to use the camera so that when it comes in, I can work with Emma on setting up live streaming. Depending on when the parts come in next week (the temperature/ph sensor, connectors, propellor set, and motor) I will focus on either connecting the camera and sensors to the Arduino and the data transfer process associated with that or jump ahead in my schedule to start working on the ML algorithm for detecting coral bleaching. When I start on the algorithm I would like to first evaluate how I will input the color data from the pictures into the code to best test the algorithm.