What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
- The soft case may not cure well, we have not worked with this material before (same as last week, as we are still in the process of developing the case).
- The soft case may cause irritation or absorb vibrations from the LRAs, negating vibration feedback (same as last week, as we are still in the process of developing the case)
- Contingency plan: We will be experimenting with the different materials and case shapes/dimensions to find the best one in terms of user comfort and minimizing vibration absorption
- We plan to have an AWS backend that triggers a mobile app notification when the user’s FPA changes (which will be determined by our FPA algorithm). However, we will most likely encounter many bugs with setting up and initializing the AWS connection with our current app (i.e. setting correct permissions, ensuring proper libraries are added, etc.)
- Contingency plan: We will reach out to TAs during mandatory lab time with strong experience in AWS if we encounter any significant blockers.
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?
No change was made to the existing design of the project.
Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
- Soft case fabrication is taking longer than expected due to the learning curve of using CAD software and 3D printing since none of the group members have had any previous experience
- We originally planned to finish case fabrication by the end of this week, however, we now aim to finish fabrication for the soft case by the end of next week (by 3/20th).
- Due to delays in case fabrication this will push back our timeline for starting to conduct testing. We originally planned to start doing motion capture in lab testing/data collection starting this upcoming week, however that will have to be pushed back to the week of the 23rd.