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