Changes

Three primary sensor inputs, as well as advanced processing must be achieved to meet minimum competition status, namely:  LIDAR, Vision and perception, and GPS/IMU. The EE/CS teams will divide the tasks among smaller working groups with articulated development and test events, as well as key subsystem integration milestones.  LIDAR processing, vision mapping and AI perception, as well as occupancy grid development becomes critical as the project timeline progresses, since all of the competition tasks rely on mapping the field and interacting appropriately with the objects located in the range.  The team has allocated funds to construct training aids to be deployed along with the WAM-V test phases, providing a competition range facsimile for training.

Three primary sensor inputs, as well as advanced processing must be achieved to meet minimum competition status, namely:  LIDAR, Vision and perception, and GPS/IMU. The EE/CS teams will divide the tasks among smaller working groups with articulated development and test events, as well as key subsystem integration milestones.  LIDAR processing, vision mapping and AI perception, as well as occupancy grid development becomes critical as the project timeline progresses, since all of the competition tasks rely on mapping the field and interacting appropriately with the objects located in the range.  The team has allocated funds to construct training aids to be deployed along with the WAM-V test phases, providing a competition range facsimile for training.

===Second Order Sensor Development===

====Second Order Sensor Development====

Secondary sensor development involves depth sounding/echo sounding sensors for bottom contour mapping which facilitates ground collision avoidance. Finally, SONAR ping detection, discrimination, ranging, and localization is also required to negotiate several of the competition challenges.

Secondary sensor development involves depth sounding/echo sounding sensors for bottom contour mapping which facilitates ground collision avoidance. Finally, SONAR ping detection, discrimination, ranging, and localization is also required to negotiate several of the competition challenges.

The ME teams’ secondary task is to develop the projectile launcher required for the ‘Dock and Deliver Challenge’.  The in-water testing phase will primarily occur after the Vision-Perception algorithms and hardware have been range tested.

The ME teams’ secondary task is to develop the projectile launcher required for the ‘Dock and Deliver Challenge’.  The in-water testing phase will primarily occur after the Vision-Perception algorithms and hardware have been range tested.