12-20-2024 Autonomy roadmap

Owned by Maxwell Lou
Last updated: 2024-12-20 by Tong Zhang
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Progress recap

  • Cluster estimation

    • merged into main

    • flight tested dec 14

  • IR Camera

    • PiCamera NoIR

      • Drivers written, but needs to be integrated PR is up - still a little bit of changes

    • Arducam

      • New camera, can be used if PiCamera fails

  • MAVLink and communications worker

    • In progress, PRs are up

    • There’s also a ground side script being worked on with message receive + KML generation

  • Detect Target

    • Done

  • Geolocation/cluster estimation params

    • PR is up

Task 1

  • communications worker

    • Make class and put into worker

    • There’s also a ground side script being worked on with message receive + KML generation

    • Create unit + integration tests

  • Cluster estimation

    • More testing - decide on how to find outliers / mistakes

      • Basic: count number of points in each cluster

      • Add this to config file

      • Flight test this at beginning of term

  • Integration in general

    • Detect target - can be set through config

    • Camera drivers - PR is up, put into airside main

      • Change integration test for video_input

  • Pathing

    • Current plan is to have pilots fly manually

    • Autonomous take-off/landing?

      • Taken care of by pilots

      • RTL good enough

  • Timeline

    • start ground testing 1 week before flight test

    • Goal - get everything integrated and start flight tests by end of January (full comp specs)

Task 2

  • Wait until task 1 flight test is complete

Admin

  • Meeting times

    • Do we want a bigger room? or is everyone offsite?

    • @Tong Zhang

    • Book asap for thurs before mech (send lettuce)

  • Put out the pm form asap (deadline jan 6)

    • Ask @Ashish Agrahari if he’s staying on and if he’s onsite

    • Maybe multiple pms for a projects

      • Esp if airside pm is offsite, we might want one onsite

  • New lead onboarding - someone on @Tong Zhang 's stream

    • Let multiple people try leading work sessions?

  • PMs - who’s continuing?

    • @Balaji Leninrajan @Vibhinn Gautam continuing, @Jane Zeng stepping down @Ashish Agrahari tbd

  • Discussion about socials, team efficiency/things getting done on time?

    • Make flight test a “social”

    • Boba after meetings

  • Effectiveness of work sessions?

    • Work sessions before meetings?

    • More than 1 person leading them - PMs

  • Git+project setup+Mission planner, airside workshops at start of term