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).
Over this past week, I have been spending most of my time on creating the simulated search algorithm, which can be found in our Github, and also in the image below.
Currently, the Python software is able to create and visualize a 2D search grid, and the Hexapod is able to take a random step in each time unit.
Is your progress on schedule or behind? If you are behind, what actions will be taken to catch up to the project schedule?
Unfortunately, I had a fever this past week so was unable to do as much in-person work as I would have liked to; hence, I spent most of my time working on the simulation since I could work at home. As a result, we are slightly behind schedule on getting the Jetsons working and on the robot. Now that I am better this week, I hope to spend more time in the lab rooms completing the hardware setup.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Currently, the Hexapod search algorithm is stateless, so I hope to make some simple optimizations so that it has a better baseline search. I will also need to add functionality such that multiple Hexapods can search efficiently. Then, I will profile speedups in search time vs. number of Hexapods.