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Status Report #4 Food DIP Team 11 Device that detects irregularities in perishable goods before distribution. Brandy Alger Travis Ayers Josue Figueroa Joaquin Labrado. Overall Need for Design.
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Status Report #4Food DIPTeam 11Device that detects irregularities in perishable goods before distribution Brandy Alger Travis Ayers Josue Figueroa Joaquin Labrado
Overall Need for Design • Prevention of food poisoning epidemic, recalls, and packaging money loss for packing bad food. • Design Milestones • Proposals sent out to companies (02/08) • Materials Bought (02/08) • Rough Designs for Robotic Arm and Image Processor done (02/08)
Tasks Completed • Parts being tested for the Arm (Hardware and software) • Narrowed down processing techniques • Materials List drafted • Acquired Southwest Research Institute Lab to conduct design implementation • Access to multiple cameras through SwRI • Robotic Arm Slider Construction Done
Ongoing Tasks • Design and tests for Robotic Arm and Image Processing • Ordering parts (Sensors) • Preparing proposals for company funding • Non-Disclosure Agreement • Acquire a Conveyor Belt • Looking at one specifically from a company selling
Upcoming Tasks • Start and test schematic/flow diagram of Robotic Arm and Image Processor • Robotic Arm: Design a PID controller and test Accelerometer. • Image Processor: Start coding feature vectors and the support vector machine. • Test Conveyor Belt with Arm Slider
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