WORK ACCOMPLISHED:
The enclosure is complete and we have drilled escape holes for the battery charging port and the power button as well as passthrough holes for the motor wires and the front gps/LiDAR cables. The enclosure has been assembled and I added a ring of insulating material that will help waterproof the enclosure as well as reduce the gap between the enclosure and the board as a result of the deck’s innate curvature. Holes have been drilled into the skateboard to attach the enclosure to the board and corresponding hardware has been selected to attach. On top of this, I wrote code to execute a basic demo of object avoidance. In essence, the skateboard “sees” the object, backs up, turns to avoid the object, accelerates past the object, stops, turns back on course, and continues moving. A video of this demo is in the slack channel.
PROGRESS:
As we have likely given up on the LiDAR, we are essentially done with our project. We will be working to improve GPS accuracy with some parts that just came in to work closely with the radio tower in Hamerschlag. Other than that, we will be finalizing our slide deck to present in class
NEXT WEEK’S DELIVERABLES:
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- Completed project/ slides