What I personally accomplished this week:
This week, I worked with Justin and Sean on the final presentation as well as some minor work on navigation. I did not do as much with them as I had hoped because 18447 has required much more time than expected. I also designed and printed a cable shroud alongside the bucket mentioned in previous posts. During the work on the presentation, we also discussed new validation tests because old ones from our design report were no longer particularly relevant.
Progress relative to schedule:
We are on schedule.
Deliverables for next week:
Work on navigation and the final assignments with Justin and Sean.
Extra portion:
There were multiple topics on this project that I knew little about before this project, such as computer vision, ROS, navigation and using FPGAs beyond synthesis in 18240. To actually implement anything on this project, I needed to learn more about these topics on a conceptual level. Frankly, youtube tutorials/project showcases and my project partners have been some of my best resources. After reading more formally on these topics, watching someone actually use those concepts and the interfaces associated with software helped to get a better understanding of how I could do it. My partners were especially influential on my learning during that introductory stage because they offered rapid feedback and answers to my questions.