2025-03-07 Autonomy : Director Syncs
Attendance
@Daniel Puratich
@Georgia Westerlund
@Maxwell Lou
@Evan Zhao
@Tochi Okoro
@Tong Zhang
Leadership Transition
Tong is stepping down immediately.
How is stepping down going?
@Evan Zhao
most interested in the PM stuff right now
time commitment might be tough
@Tochi Okoro
up for it
will vote next leads meeting
Maxwell and Tochi are on the same stream for right now
Bring-up of new lead discussion
Onsite leadership
Announce new leads after the vote
Past Progress
Task 1 Development
Looking to improve camera settings but images are looking good
improvement this term !!
mavlink kml, working on Pixahwk hardware with Houston
Tuning detection is the final step
What’s happened to some of the side projects Autonomy was working on?
IMACS
newer PMs on these
obstacle avoidance
some ramp up time for these
model training for detections
paused.
focusing on tuning on the current detection algorithm
pathing
looking to include this in task 1 for automated circle flying
looking to have it comp ready
beacons came in today to test that!!
Are these worth continuing?
Does the autonomy team have bandwidth for it?
Subteam Work Sessions & Socials
work session, tea, then meeting happened at start of term!
Leadership transition and who’s onsite vs who’s offsite is tough
PMs all shuffled at start of term
a lot of people went offsite this term
getting people hardware won’t really help, have plenty of data
Future Goals
More complex programs.
MEF funding for these?
wild ideas?
Are there fun ideas that leads want to pursue?
lidar & obstacles avoidance
object detection w/ normal cameras
Blockers & Requests
comp stuff is just getting beacons ready