I met with my team members this week to discuss that remaining research that needed to be done. I was tasked with figuring out what parts were needed for the UWB Tracking, 2D/3D Obstacle Avoidance, and the micro controllers we would need on the drone. Since it was the most new to me I focused most of my time looking into the requirements for generating 3D coordinates using UWB base stations. My initial assumption that it would be possible using trilateration although after further research the amount of base stations required to get accurate data for this may be prohibitive for our project. After we meet again this Sunday, we plan to put in an almost complete order of all the parts we can.
I am currently up to schedule with what I have been assigned so far so there are no worries there currently. After we meek this weekend again we plan to put in order in for parts some of which should arrive this coming week. As soon as I have parts relevant to my assigned tasks I can begin work but if I’m not able to get those parts I will either continue to research any additional parts we didn’t make in the initial order and begin preliminary design in CAD software of the drone assembly.