Sprint Review 3!
Another recap of our two week progress so far! This review was in front of the class and professors again, and we got some good feedback. Here is the summary:
MVP: Create a three node, cable suspended camera system capable of ‘flying’ a powered gimbal in a room-sized setting.
Learning Goals Recap:
- Design attractive electrical and mechanical components
- Low level microcontroller communication
- Maintain thorough and up-to-date documentation
- Identify and prevent software failure modes
- Design an elegant, integrated mechanical system
Sprint 2 Kaizen: Ask for help from the professors and other knowledgeable Oliners instead of trying to research/do everything on our own
Sprint 3 Deliverables:
- Blog with ongoing documentation
- Smooth acceleration!
- Directional motor control + predetermined flight paths (e.g. Move in a circle)
- Bluetooth communication between Arduino and computer
- Finalized mechanical design
- Prototype version of node mounting
Spooling Mechanism:
Integrated Product:
Decisions:
- Final wireless communication protocol → Bluetooth!
- Stick with desktop power supply for now
- Stock Materials
- Final Mechanical Design
Risks:
- Time to fully implement only one control method
- Communication synchronization and latency
- Smooth flight path
- Machining time
Next Sprint Goals:
- Joystick vs Predetermined path control decision
- Machining of mechanical components of nodes
- Mounting of nodes to Motion Capture Studio
- Bluetooth communication to control all 3 nodes with minimal latency
- Get some awesome, smooth footage!
Question for the audience:
Joystick control vs pre-determined flight paths?
Other Survey Results:
Thanks for reading. We have a lot to do before we get this project working for our final demonstration. But we are well on our way and quite excited! Stay tuned!
