Status Report #4Food DIPTeam 11

Device that detects irregularities in perishable goods before distribution

Brandy AlgerTravis Ayers

Josue FigueroaJoaquin 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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Images: Controls Team

Images: Image Processing Team

Images: Image Processing Team

Project Schedule

Design phase Finalize Design

Manufacture phase

Analysis/and Test Phase

Finalize prototype

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