What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).
As mentioned in the last update, I had to undergo an unforeseen medical procedure at home which prevented me from returning to Pittsburgh for a few more days. I am now back in Pittsburgh, ready to continue working. While I was home, I designed two stands for the depth camera. One is a basic design for Liam to be able to use quickly so he can proceed with testing, while the other is a more aesthetic design shaped like a pawn meant to go on the table for the final product. I sent these, as well as the gantry pieces Trey designed, to be 3D printed at the IDeATe 3D printers, which I have access to for free. The problem is these have still not been approved, so they have not been printed, which has bottlenecked the whole team for the week.
I also spent a few hours working on the ethics assignment, and designing the board in Adobe Illustrator so I can laser cut it next week. Finally, I spent some time starting to program the chess logic code that the Arduino will use to keep track of the state of the game and know when a piece is taking another piece.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
Being at home and being bottlenecked by the delay in 3D printing has set me back about a week. I plan to catch up each in the next two weeks so I am back on schedule by the interim demo.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I am working on making sure we can get the pieces 3D printed as soon as possible, ideally within the next 48 hours. Once that is done, I will finally be able to test the 2D gantry control code I wrote some time ago, and add the electromagnet control code.