Digital Media Project

Finally handed in my FYP Proposal document on thursday 15th October. It contains in good detail about what the project is, what I want to accomplish, objectives (research, learning, etc). So far I feel quite confident about the proposal and even project.

Since the final handin of the Proposal document I have been looking into the overall budget, i.e. how much all the components will set me back. I have been wanting to go to the UWE Robotics department to see if they can help with the budget. fortunately my Interaction Design module was going on a tour to the Robotics department On thursday 15th October to learn about HRI (Human Robotic Interaction).

At the end of the tour I approached our guide(A researcher at the department) and asked if the department help UWE students undertaking Final Year Projects. I explained to him that my FYP was to investigate and create an Internet Controlled Robot. He asked me to email him and then he would be able to tell me of someone that can help me. I have emailed him but he has not replied to me yet.

I am going to chase him up, but if he does not reply this time, I will have to make due. I am thinking I might have to cover the budget myself, really, I am prepared to do this, after all I am hoping it won't be very expensive.

I have also been gathering research, using (mainly) the internet. I have been reading relevant online tutorials, such as learning how the Arduino Micro-Controller works. I have yet to finish this as the content is quite extensive.

Next Stage:
I am still at the Requirement Gathering phase of the project. I have various objectives to look into. I will start with researching how to create the User Interface, everything involved, i.e. programming languages, etc. Also, in my Proposal I mentioned that I will be carrying out a Comparative Analysis, before I start doing that I will need to figure out if it is relevant to my project. Not sure what I will benefit from doing it, yet.

I also will need to obtain an Arduino Micro-Controller so that I can learn how it all works. I will need to make a decision between buying a SERB (Arduino Controlled Servo Robot) kit or buying the Arduino and the rest of the components required seperately.