Week 1, Sep 21
This week we mainly focused on finishing and presenting our proposal. We put a lot of effort into making the proposal presentation slides, and we decided that I would be the one to present it on Monday. Through the weekend I practiced presenting the slides numerous times, and became extra familiar with the slides and our project as a whole. Besides presenting, in class on Monday and Wednesday we listened and gave feedback to all the proposals, and it was very useful to see how other people are approaching their project, and gave us ideas on how we could improve ours.
After the proposal presentations, we gathered to brainstorm a big decision that we would need to make soon, and that is whether to use the gantry or the omnidirectional robot as our receiving system. We looked into how each system has been used in other projects, and tried to determine which one we could use. This was mainly Josiah’s delegation but we all chipped in since it was a big decision affecting everyone.
We also split off into our own areas and started the design and development process for each component. I booked a time with Varun, the FPGA specialist TA, to talk through how the KRIA integration would work. Prior to this meeting with Varun, I am planning to look into more details about exactly how the KRIA would need to be used, so I can arrive at the meeting with quantitative questions. Wrote up points that I need to look into about KRIA integration, and will be looking into it before I meet with Varun.
We are in the design phase of the schedule, and this is week 1 so the ball is just getting started to roll. We are on pace, doing a lot of research into feasibility and how to get started. For next week, I am hoping to figure out how to secure the KRIA KR260 board from Varun, as well as developing a plan to start working.