Schedule

Spring 2004


Week 1  March 29th, 

Monday 


Week 2  April 5th 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 

Tasks

Software Group Embedded Group
Stick Figure GUI 
  • Mike
  • Marco
  • Alex
  • Nick

Image Processing

  • Cory
  • Kwasi

AI

  • Nick
  • Florin
Serial Interface
  • Kimmy
  • Mike
  • Erik

Blink LED's and control Motors

  • Ed
  • Josh
  • Yurong

 

 


Week 3  April 12th 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Server Demonstration - Hands can be moved to handholds. Body can be dragged up and down. Mechanical Group should signs-off on design.

Image Processing Demonstration - Bounding boxes around handholds. Top edges marked. Show how LEDs looks in an image. Mechanical Group should signs-off on design.

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

AI Design Walk-Through by Nick and Florin

Thursday

Meeting Canceled.


Week 4  April 19th 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Mechanical Group will present first version of robot.

Controlling a Servo Motor Demonstration - Embedded and Software Group show control of a servo motor from a Java Program using the HC12 board.

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Message Interface Walk-Through by Marco

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 

Demonstration


Week 5  April 26th 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Embedded and Software Group will show robot being controlled by dragging hands in GUI. The HC12 will protect the robot from moving its hands and feet too fast by limiting the degrees/second that a joint is allowed to move.

Preliminary design of the robot circuit board.

All documentation and code is put on CVS server.

Decisions - Decide on hand holds

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 

AI Demonstration - demonstration of AI using GUI. First version of robot objective function.


Week 6  May 3rd  

We will be meeting Sunday May 2nd and Wednesday May 5th from 6:00 to 9:00 because of travel by the instructor and surgery to the instructor. 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Mechanical Group will present second version of robot with force sensors on hands and feet, current sensors on motors.

Software Demonstration - GUI and Embedded group will show that the robot wire frame of GUI correctly overlays the camera image of the robot.

Josh and Yurong will show that they can read a pressure sensor (or some other analog signal) using the HC12 ADC. 

Tuesday 

Meeting canceled.

Thursday

Meeting canceled.

I am having a Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication to treat Barrett's Esophagus and asthma.


Week 7  May 10th 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Embedded and Software Group will show robot standing up when body is dragged in GUI. Detect excess current used by motors and stops robot and displays warning.

AI group will show that when robot is place on wall that the AI can select which limb to move first and move limb, and shows planned path on GUI. Multiple starting locations will be demonstrated.

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 

 


Week 8  May 17 

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Mechanical Group will present third version of robot with ...

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 

 


Week 9  May 24th

Monday

Mechanical, Software and Embedded Group 

Robot Demonstration - Embedded and Software Group will show robot ...

Tuesday 

Software and Embedded Group 

Thursday

Software and Embedded Group 


Week 10  May 31st


Finals Week,  June 4th - 8th

Final Presentation  June 7th, 1PM in Filene Auditorium.