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Project Management
Guidelines for Weekly Progress Reports
Guidelines for Weekly Progress Reports
Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).
Finalize design constraints and project goals
Complete research
What’s been done in AUV’s
What sort of image recognition software/algorithms/etc would best suit our project.
Finalize calculations and specs
Motor Requirements
Computational needs
Battery requirements
Buoyancy calculations
Design and CAD the AUV
Finalize bill of materials
Source all necessary components
Begin component-level testing
Get image recognition software working
Design stable controller for AUV
Design robust neutral buoyancy system
Complete sub assembly testing as each component is created and assembled
Assemble AUV
Begin Assembly level testing
Complete Successful Pool test
Make final adjustments
Complete and Finalize Report
Individual Component Analysis Topics
Individual Component Analysis Topics
Grant - Fail-safe mechanisms for the ABC
Stuart - Active Buoyancy Control
Justin - Bottom following
Jacob - Custom watertight electronics enclosure
Daniel - Relative positioning
Project Objectives
Concisely list and prioritize the project objectives and constraints
High Priority Objectives
Bottom following
Bottom mapping
Stealth (reducing size and audible noise of bot)
Depth control
Second Priority Objectives
Wifi at surface
Other Constraints and Issues
Smaller than 20 cm on a side
1080p camera with USB microscope
Max depth ~50 meters
WOW Design Solution
Structure from motion
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
Small Scale Motors
Can we source these motors?
Will the cross sectional area be larger than we’d like for a small sub? Powerful enough?
Power requirements and battery life? Source propellers or manufacture own?
Electronics Packaging
Will we be able to package all necessary computational electronics, sensors/camera in a smaller more aerodynamic construction?
Will we need an off-board computer to perform post-mission analysis, such as image stitching?
Depth Control
Can we react quickly and accurately enough to maintain a constant distance from the ocean floor?
Will it consume too much power and shorten our operating time?
Intermediate Milestones
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