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With the internship coming to an end things have been a bit hectic, mainly because the poster session is coming up and we really want to have a solid poster and presentation. We began running simultaneous tests on two robots to speed up our testing procedures. We are focusing on testing the efficiency of the robot placing a box in a set location and how accurately it squares up to the box. We implemented threads into our program to allow us to run test on two separate robots, this is really helping us gather data quickly. One robot is squaring up to the box and one is pushing the box to the desired location. Below is a more detailed report of how my week went...

• Monday
  • Worked on paper abstract with group.
  • Continued working on box pushing program to work better in 2 dimensions.
  • Finished up first draft for abstract.
• Tuesday
  • Worked on box pushing program.
  • Discussed what we type of date we wanted to gather from our project and how to present it.
  • Began running tests and gathering data.
  • Began working on second draft of abstract.
• Wednesday
  • Finished up second draft of abstract.
  • Continued running tests on robots.
  • Worked on poster for the following days motion planning meeting.
• Thursday
  • Attended weekly motion planning meeting and received feedback on poster and tips on running tests.
  • Added threads to program to run multiple tests at once.
  • Implemented feedback given for poster.
• Friday
  • Worked on personal website.
  • Attended Dr. Marco Morales seminar.
  • Finished working on website.
  • Finished implanting feedback given on poster and emailed to mentor for revisions.
• Goals for Next Week
  • Gather solid data for poster.
  • Place within top three on Friday’s Poster Symposium.

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