Follow our progress as we document our journey from concept to completion.
The focus of this sprint, which was the last sprint, was to ensure that the documentation was complete and that the final report was ready for delivery. The final report was delivered on time in good conscience, and the group is proud of the work that has been done throughout the project.
The goal of this sprint was to document the progress made and test the functionality of the integrated system. The PCB parts arrived and was soldered together while the hinges for the Stewart platform was tested and redisgned.
The adjustments needed to make the robot arm correctly pick up the rope loop was fixed by ensuring the stereo camera sat flat on the surface and not tilted which it initially did, solving the issue of constant offset between coordinates received and the actual position of the rope loop. The PCB parts were ordered while universal hinges and legs were designed and 3D-printed for the stewart platform.
This sprint focus was to fix the integration challenges of the robot arm and the stereo camera, while the issue was solved, there were still important adjustments needed to make the robot arm correctly pick up the rope loop. The PCB and schematics was ready but needed some adjustments and was waiting on a revision from a PCB expert from KDA before the parts would be ordered. New iterations of the camera mount was made for the ZED M camera, while also new grippers for the robot arm was made for better grip of the rope loop.
While the MVP was slowly coming together, the focus of this sprint was to make sure that all subsystems of the MVP was ready for integration, upon integrating the different subsystems the computer engineering guys found issues with the robot arm and the stereo camera not wanting to work together, making the MVP not ready for its due. The PCB (Printed Circuit Board) was closing on finishing, while the stewart platform parts was slowly coming together.
Sprint 7 marks the start of shorter sprints consisting of only one week, the focus of this sprint was to make every subsystem of the MVP ready for integration, while the electrical guys was busy preparing the PCB and its schematics. The mechanical guy continued on the design and prototyping of the stewart system.
Second presentation is done, and the group has received valuable feedback to further improve the project. The focus of this sprint was to implement adjustments based on the feedback, as well as to continue the development process. The second week of the sprint had more focus on team building as it was spring break, and the group had more time to spend together outside of the project work.
As we barely started getting familiar with the tools and technologies, it was already time for the second presentation. The focus of this sprint was to prepare for the presentation, as well as to continue the development process and documenting it, at the same time as we were preparing for exams from the the other courses that we had.
Now that the group has started to get familiar with the tools and technologies, it was time to start the development process. The focus of this sprint was to start the development of the computer vision model, as well as to start the process of integrating the robotic arm with ROS2. The mechanical guy started with the design and prototyping of the stewart system as well as making the ZED M camera mount.
First presentation was a success! The first thing done in this sprint was to discuss and implement adjustments based on the instructive feedback. The group has been lucky to have the tools and resources needed ready, meaning we could get started to get familiar with the tools and technologies we will be using to better understand the project scope and to form realistic and achievable requirements.
Before we knew it, the first presentation was closing up. The focus was to finnish administrative work and to get a better understanding of the project scope and requirements, as well as documenting our working methodology and project management approach.
A sprint with the focus of understanding the project task and defining the initial scope. While also setting up the administratitive part of the project such as the Bitbucket repository, project management tools and communication channels.
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