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Jacob’s Status Report for 4/4/26

This week, I worked on preparing for the interim demos. I was working on the movment/PID code, but we were having trouble connecting to the Raspberry Pi’s on CMU WiFi. I also updated the movement code to work with distance values rather than moving for a certain amount of time.

Next week, I will continue to work on movement to ensure it is consistent and reliable. This will require further tuning for PID. When testing, we found that the IR sensor is somewhat sensitive to the surroundings, so I will look into using the ultrasonic sensor for obstacle detection and collision avoidance.

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Isaac’s Status Report for 4/4/26

This is week I have been working mainly on the interim demo with my team. Unlike how I was worried before, the demos went a lot better than I expected. Other than that, I am still working on path planning for the rovers. Some comments from the demo discouraged what I have been planning for now, so I am doing some research for other options.
In the following week, I am expecting some ground work for the path planning to be done.

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Tyler’s Status Report for 4/4/26

This week, I worked on integrating Jacob’s movement code with the rest of the system, changing the blocking while loops to an update-based system so that UART messages can still be read while the PID is working on the motors.

I also got started on 3D modeling the frame that will enclose all the electronics.  I found a model for our car’s wheels and chassis online and am modelling the enclosure around that model.