What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
The largest risk to the project is not finishing the setup on time. We made satisfactory progress this week, but it is essential we finish in the upcoming week. To achieve these goals we are parallelizing the tasks needed. Sid is working on the CNN, Fernando is working on the Jetson/Camera software integration, and Justin is working on the physical setup. The biggest risk area is the physical setup because our expertise is not on woodworking or manufacturing and a lot can go wrong with the hardware. If worst comes to worst we can begin testing with a temporary set up the following week.
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward
During this week we began to design the physical stand for our robot. Given this class’s focus is ECE, we overlooked the importance of this step. We realized that the process of stacking 2 cameras and a jetson vertically would not be as trivial as we thought, so we created sketches and bought materials for our design. The material costs were inexpensive and we covered them with our personal funds.
Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
No schedule updates.