Link to Design Proposal Presentation:
Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
OpenCV runs on Raspberry Pi Zero
Access Point wifi works on Pi Zero
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Compiled OpenCV on Raspberry Pi Zero (Daniel)
Compiled OpenCV on Raspberry Pi 3 (Stuart)
Began ABC modeling (Stuart)
Began modeling waterproof electronics enclosure (Jacob)
Researched failsafe buoyancy mechanisms and investigated power consumptions (Grant)
Researched different rangefinding methods for bottom-following (Justin)
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Feature recognition and matching between images, OpenCV (Daniel)
Purchase motors, sensors, drivers to build software testbed (Stuart)
Obtain pool for testing
Prototype waterproof housing construction (Jacob)
Finalize failsafe mechanism and prototype (Grant)
Purchase laser and test feasibility of laser triangulation range detection (Justin)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Purchasing can go through Roxanne
Feature-tracking relative position rather than SLAM is OK.
Elimination of echo-sounding would be alright as a fall-back
An LED for imaging would be preferable
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Focus on ABC, propulsion, mechanical aspect. Imaging might be too CSish
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
N/A
Risks and Areas of Concern
Will an echosounder at our scale be possible?
Are there feasible alternatives?
Will laser triangulation work for range detection at the depths we are operating at?
Can feature tracking be done at a reasonable pace on a Pi Zero?
Will a custom electronics housing maintain waterproofing at a 10m depth?
Resources or Information Required but not Available
How does one code a visual Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithm?
How much processing power will our position tracking algorithm need?
Schedule
Describe upcoming milestone
Update Gantt chart.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
Progress on Report and Webpage
Created report outline in LaTEX