Another Day ...

Today, once again I got up a bit early, at 6:30 a.m. Had a shower and worked a bit on ANTSAND. There are bugs in the app, and I plan to work on it frequently.

One thing I have realized today, regarding the making of the drone, is to not focus on theoretical stuff anymore. The only theory I can work on is on A.I. I will only get back to theory once I have a drone that is flying and working. It is important to get something off the ground first. Without this, I can waste a lot of time in theory and not progress. To get the drone working, I need to get the radio working, then interface with the I.M.U, then control the motors through P..W.M and then test the flyability of the drone. Once all of this is done, then I need to perform tests. Work on system identification methods, fine-tune the controller, and then start to derive equations using 1st principle understanding.

A lot of technical stuff is done by making it and then understanding how it works by performing necessary tests. A drone is not a rocket. It is complex, but not expensive to experiment with. Given that I have many of the components in hand, I need to get the interfacing of the system as soon as possible.

So, there are 3 things I can focus on, on ANTSHIV:
1. Embedded systems and PCB design
2. 3D cad modeling and rendering
3. A. I and computer vision
4. Marketing - Content creation, Website making.

Every alternate morning will be either working on embedded systems or A.I. I will work on these two things till I get things working.

Overall, it is a good day, as I realized, I have been spending time figuring out what to learn. Instead, I need to spend all my time on making the drone fly. I will be setting detailed timelines and goals to help me progress faster.

That is all for today.

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