Status Report #3 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 Prevention of food poisoning epidemic, recalls, and packaging money loss for packing bad food. Design Milestones – Proposals sent out to companies (02/01) – 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 – Segmentation is not needed Materials List drafted Acquired Southwest Research Institute Lab to conduct design implementation Access to multiple cameras through SwRI

Ongoing Tasks Design and tests for Robotic Arm and Image Processing Finish arm build to test sensors Go to SwRI and acquire several different samples of strawberries. Ordering parts Preparing proposals for company funding – Non-Disclosure Agreement Acquire a Conveyor Belt

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: Coding most efficient segmentation process Test Conveyor Belt

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