Senior Design II General Meeting Attendance

By department regulations attendance to general meetings is mandatory

In case of absence provide valid proof of reasons to you mentor

Project Title: Wireless Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm
Team #: 12 / Team Leader: Maria Castano
Team name: Operation Jedi / Team Member: Melissa Sarduy
Mentor: Dr. Gustavo Roig / Team Member: Davian Canty
Team Members in yellow did not attend the meeting / Team Member: Christopher Bodley
Team Member: Giorgio Canigga

Please write a paragraph detailing: Project status.

We have currently completed 20 % of the project; specifically the software for openCV (object recognition) has been completed. The Brain computer interface is currently under development. An interface has been established between the brain signal processing chip, and the microcontroller. However, the necessary algorithm to classify brain signals in order to determine what is the command is still under development. Currently only two commands have been able to be classified.

Please write a paragraph detailing: Expectation of project completion by the demonstration date.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of March. With the help from our mentor and online tutorials, we expect to have most of the project completed weeks prior to the demonstration date. We aim to only have to “tune-up” our product in the last month. By the demonstration date we expect to have interfaced the three modules in order to produce the final product. Hardware implementation as well as aesthetics is expected to be perfected by this date.

Please write a paragraph detailing: What are your main worries at this time?

At this time our main worries are the BCI classification software, as well as the robotic arm navigation. We fear we might not have the necessary skills in order to develop these components. None of the members of our team is an expert in coding or robotics, we are all learning together as we continue working on our project and its challenging modules.

Team Members Participation

Team leader, Maria Castano, has been developing the Brain computer interface, both hardware and software. Melissa Sarduy has been purchasing parts to construct the body of the robot from scratch, such as the motors, servos, wheels, and platform in which the arm will be set on top of. Christopher Bodley has successfully connected the Logitech webcam to the BeagleBone Black board. With the help from an online tutorial, he was able to capture images and detect the edges by entering a code into this board’s software. Davian Canty has installed and worked with a program called Eclipse, that will be used to move the robotic arm. He has practiced with simple coding until the robot arm is ready to be used. Girogio Canigga has been doing intensive research for the transmission module before purchasing the Texas Instrument development tool. He has also done research and learned all about the receiving and transmitting chip .Once these parts arrive, he will be ready to work with them in order to create communication between the human and robot modules.