Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
collect data and translate the signal which IR sensor received to 3D coordinate of AR drone in HTC Vive lighthouse experiment
Agenda of Week 2
Implement signal processing on the microcontroller Teensy, using an open source package on github
Calibrate base stations
Research
microcontroller ESP32: in the hope to eventually replace Teensy because ESP32 has built-in WiFi module which Teensy doesn't
ARdrone: establish communication by the ROS framework (Robotic Operating System)
Agenda of Week 3
Decide position and orientation of sensor receiver on drone
Work on Teensy, collect data and calculate coordinates of drone
Communicate AR drone by ROS
Research:
Kalman filter
flight control
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Consider the failure rate / life time of base stations
Make the drone to hover is a win; flying through several waypoints of assigned trajectory is a big win; and formation control is an extra goal.
Consider position and orientation of receiver sensors
Risks and Areas of Concern
The open source package for signal processing on Teensy cannot be directly implemented on ESP32. Probably will need major effort to code the signal processing function on ESP32 from scratch.
Schedule
Describe upcoming milestone
Update Gantt chart.
Progress on Report and Webpage
update weekly progress