Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Preliminary foray into feature tracking: digging through demo code.
Settled on vertical thruster
Have waterproof box for surface testing
Designed and in process of building vertical thruster style of housing
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Successfully waterproofed box with plugged penetrators
Gained access to QUAFFLE code/raspberry pi environment
Got Stuart back.
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Get preliminary velocity estimation working via feature tracking (Daniel)
Improve laser dot tracking to 70% success (Grant, Jacob)
Read data from IMU (Justin)
Build waterproof box with hole in middle for vertical thruster (Stuart)
Begin preliminary surface testing of systems (Jacob, Justin)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Someone on Dr. Jaffe's team may be able to help with OpenCV (2017/5/12, meeting)
Focus on getting basic platform working: waterproof housing that will autonomously swim around taking pictures.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Someone from ECE or CSE department may be able to help with OpenCV (2017/5/9, meeting)
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Risks and Areas of Concern
Where do we put the vertical thruster? Lots of pros/cons to figure out.
Passive stability is going to be harder with new, flatter design
Feature tracking is hard.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
Someone who knows how the Features2d OpenCV module works.
Schedule
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
Progress on Report and Webpage
Updated webpage to reflect new design