The
project proposal should provide a basic description of your project, why it is
interesting, and how you plan to implement and test it. Below is an outline for
the proposal to be used as a guideline.
Names
of group members
A
one paragraph description of the project and how the problem it tackles is interesting
and useful for robotics/AI.
List
the goals of your project, starting with the highest level/most important
goals. For each goal, include any sub-goals that will need to be addressed to
achieve the goal.
Provide
a description of the overall design you envision for the project, the major
components, and their purpose. Include an architectural diagram (showing how
the components interact) if appropriate.
Describe
the features of your design that your team is least familiar with and with
which there is no prior experience. These are the issues you will need to
tackle first!
Outline
a plan for implementing your project. Break the project into smaller pieces,
with a short (e.g., one sentence) description of each piece, any
inter-dependency with other pieces, along with how each piece will be tested
and integrated. Try to come up with a rough timeline for your work and a rough
division of labor between team members.
Include
two milestones in your timeline that you will try to achieve: Milestone 1 (in class demo on Nov 16)
and Milestone 2 (in class demo on
Nov 23).
Explain
how you will evaluate success – what will you measure and how will you display
it in the final report?
Search
for related research papers, articles, videos, project URLs that are relevant
to your proposed project. Write one or two sentences summarizing the similarity
and/or difference with what you are proposing.
[Write-up
guidelines above are based roughly on T. Anderson’s guidelines for 481G]