Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
The Majority of parts needed to complete the final assembly have arrived, with the exclusion of the spherical display mounting sphere. The few parts that have yet to arrive are expected to be delivered by the end of the day on (5-2-14).
We set up the majority of the final test bed for the virtual reality arena during the the middle of this week. This push for final assembly was in response to our sponsors desire to have the test bed ready for display to demonstrate the project to a visiting researcher from China.
Completed CAD and 3D printed tethered fly holder.
We have received the majority of the parts to complete the tethering set up and plan on tethering some flies early tomorrow (5-2-14). This will allow us to produce some high quality video which can be used for coding purposes.
Testing will begin with the projector once the mirror arrives, expected delivery (5-2-14).
With the majority of the assembly for the test bed completed and with the addition of high quality video, we are ready to resume working on the code.
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Placed order for the rest of the material/parts needed to complete assembly of the test bed.
3D print tethered fly holder.
Assembly of test bed.
Determine that current lens will not meet needs for high speed imaging.
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Begin testing with projector to determined if current design solution will work as desired. (James and Dean)
Continue researching into cheaper more seamless solution for the display. (Dean)
Use high quality videos that we will generate by the end of this week for code testing. (All)
Continue researching and learning about Open CV (All)
Incorporate wing edge detection code with one of our tethered fly videos. (Randy)
Begin wing amplification code. (Randy with help form James and Dean)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
With the majority of the test bed completed and assembled our sponsor gave us four main tasks that he would like us to start focusing on.
The first is to finalize the projection method. If possible he would like us to use one projector with one to two mirrors to project onto the sphere. He prefers this method because it eliminates the need to purchase another (1300 dollar) projector and could be used on other test beds to reduce the number of projectors needed.
The second is to find another option other than the previous one presented. He would like a more seamless sphere.
The third is to produce 3 or 4 high quality videos to be used for code. He told us that 3 or 4 videos is preferred to just one so we do not over fit the code to one scenario
The fourth is that he would like us to resume working on the code.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
In our last meeting the instructor expressed concerns regarding the tethered fly holder in regards to us spending time on it when we could potentially just purchases a magnet to do the job. The instructors concerns were noted and we assured him that it would not take much of our time to complete this additional task.
We also talked about fly tethering and the difficulties we were having. We now have a fully functioning fly tethering station (completed by our sponsor) which will hopefully ease the process of tethering flies.
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
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Risks and Areas of Concern
Implementation of code now that we have proven that our preliminary setup is capable of producing good quality images of a tethered fly.
Projection method. Once we have all the parts, hopefully by the end of next week, we will begin testing to see how front projection with a mirror works.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
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Schedule
Preliminary testing with projector.
Implement wing edge detection code on recorded video of tethered fly that we have produced.
Implement wing amplification code on recorded video of tethered fly that we have produced.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
Point Gray USB 3, Flea 3 1280X1024 high speed camera. ($600.00)
Macro zoom lens ($1000.00)
Other parts have been ordered. Will update the budget once we have obtained the invoice from our sponsor.
Amount remaining ($3,400.00)
Progress on Report and Webpage
As of (5-1-14) no additional work has been done to website
Report: chapter 1 is complete, draft of abstract is complete, block diagram has been completed for chapter 2 and we will be adding to chapter 3 shortly.