Meeting Log October 13, 2018
By Charlotte, Janavi, Ethan, Arjun, Abhi, Justin, and Karina
Meeting Log October 13, 2018
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Today's Meet Objectives
Today we are taking part in a massive outreach event to teach STEM to girls all over North Dallas: SEM STEM Spark. However, we do have competitions/scrimmages coming up really soon, so we wish to get some substantial building done. See more about the event at (T-22, SEM STEM Spark).
Today's Meet Log
Chassis build
We scrapped the chassis we worked on last meeting because of it lack of mounting points and poor assembly. Janavi started with just some extrusion rails and mounted some motors and wheels for a new new chassis. Hopefully we will have a working chassis by the time of the scrimmage.
CNN Training
Arjun continued to work on a convolution neural network, which, once the network is complete, we will compare with Open CV. We have used Open CV for our computer vision algorithms for a couple of years, but we are now looking into other options to see if CNN will be a more accurate method of differentiating between field elements. A summary of our vision decisions can be found at (E-81, Vision Summary)
SEM STEM Spark outreach
Besides working on the chassis and a CNN, most of us taught and shared our passion for STEM at the event. The event was 10 hours long, so it was a long haul, but we had a really great time and the girls did too.
Today's Member Work Log
| Team Members | Task | Start Time | Duration |
| Charlotte | Outreach | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Ethan | Outreach | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Janavi | Build | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Arjun | Convolution Neural Network | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Abhi | Outreach | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Karina | Outreach | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
| Justin | Outreach | 8:00 | 10 hrs |
