Project Status

Project phases include the Project Definition, Research, Implementation, Testing, Integration, Finalization and Presentation. The project is currently in the integration phase. We have ordered and received hardware and are currently writing code in TinyOS. Check both our original and current Gantt Chart timelines to compare the project's intended and actual progress.

Updated Project Timeline: New Gantt Chart

Original Project Timeline: Old Gantt Chart .




News and Updates

  • March 25, 2007
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on March 25, 2007.[pdf ]
  • February 25, 2007
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on February 25, 2007.[pdf ]
  • January 31, 2007
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on January 31, 2007.[pdf ]
  • January 17, 2007
    Interim Report has been posted on the Documentation page
  • January 17, 2007
    New images of the robot, robot schematics, the Crossbow sensor kit and some of its code output have been posted in the Images gallery
  • January 13, 2007
    Update report for informal meetings from January 8 to January 12 2007 [pdf ]
  • January 13, 2007
    Hole Dectection Algorithm presentation slides have been posted in the Documentation page.
  • January 11, 2007
    Images of the WIDAR Robot have been posted in the Images gallery.
  • January 5, 2007
    Meeting Minutes for Advisor Presentation of Proposed Gap Detection Algorithms on January 5, 2007.[pdf ]
  • January 2, 2007
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on January 2, 2007.[pdf ]
  • December 22, 2006
    New and improved WiDAR website is up and running!
  • December 20, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on December 20, 2006. [pdf ]
  • November 26, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on November 26, 2006. [pdf ]
  • November 10, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on November 8, 2006. [pdf ]
  • November 10, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on November 7, 2006. [pdf ]
  • October 25, 2006
    Web site updated with Specifications Report in the Proposals section.
  • October 22, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on October 22, 2006. [pdf ]
  • October 15, 2006
    Meeting Minutes for meeting on October 15, 2006. [pdf ]
  • October 10, 2006
    Web site updated with Contract Proposal in the Proposals section.
  • October 8, 2006
    Tyson and Patrick met to complete Contract Proposal. The proposals were completed and was sent to the rest of the team for changes and editing.
  • October 5, 2006
    Meeting with Prof. Vlajic to discuss details of the project and determine major milestones to accomplish and set expectations for the project.
  • October 2, 2006
    Hamdi met with Prof. Vlajic as she expressed interest in the Soldier Monitoring System. The meeting was very productive and formulated different forms of attack for the project in hand. She had agreed to become an advisor.
  • September 24, 2006
    Meeting to finalize idea proposals were held at 1 pm in the CS building. Four proposals were developed to be sent to all professors for review. These proposals can be viewed in the Proposals section.
  • September 21, 2006
    Group meeting at 10:30 am to decide on ideas. After a meeting with Prof. Vlajic, the group decided to change direction and decide to work on a project involving wireless sensor networks. To provide enough time to formulate ideas, a meeting for the 24th of September was scheduled to finalize proposals to present to different professors that might be willing to be our advisor.
  • September 11-15, 2006
    Meet with Professors to discuss ideas and projects they can suggest.
  • September 9, 2006
    Website is up and running!!!