What did you personally accomplish this week on the project? Give files or photos that demonstrate your progress. Prove to the reader that you put sufficient effort into the project over the course of the week (12+ hours).
I encountered a few blockers this week, which meant I did not get to get as much done as I want unfortunately. Since we are still working on finalizing the controls for the robot, I decided to wait on implementing SLAM. Instead, I have been helping Akash on tuning the Hexapods with the ROS library that we found, but we have decided to pivot as the library does not seem to be super reliable. I have also been doing a lot of learning into Docker containers and ROS, since I am not super knowledgeable, by completing some assignments from relevant robotics courses on my own Jetson Nano.
Additionally, since we are using stereo cameras on our robots now, I designed and printed some retrofit mounts for the camera, which can be seen in the photos.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
I think we are falling a bit behind schedule, as we will need to implement SLAM fairly soon. However, we have redefined our MVP to be simpler, such that we do not necessarily need SLAM for the product to work – this means that we will not have the Medbot be able to track other bots. However, we will still endeavour to have this done by demo.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
This week, I will help Akash in finalizing the controls algorithm, which involves redesigning the Freenove library. Hopefully after that is complete, I can begin working on SLAM.
Once we decide on the power bank / battery pack for the Jetson, I will also design a mount for that.