ARNEIS - Specification

Introduction

This document contains the Functional and Non-Functional requirements for the ARNEIS project.

Copyright and License

This document is Copyright (c) 2021-2024 by the B-AROL-O Team.

Reference documents

• ARNEIS: Automated Recognizer, Network-Enabled, Items Sorter - Project Proposal submitted to the OpenCV Spatial AI Contest, 2021-11-20 (PDF, 5 pages)

Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations

Please refer to https://arneis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/acronyms.html for the general acronyms used in the ARNEIS project.

• NFR: Non-Functional Requirement

• OpenCV: See https://opencv.org/

• SysML: Systems Modeling Language. See http://www.sysml.org/

• UC: Use case. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_case

Open questions

• Q1: How many types of bottles should be recognized?

  • A1: First hypothesis: At least 5 different types

Use cases

• UC1: End users should login to an internet site where they can submit an order (i.e. a case with 1xA, 2xB)

  • Result: the case is assembled taking bottles from the warehouse

Objectives

• Minimize the number of motors

• (NFR) Create a fun and “brand-izeable” installation making high help of sounds, videos, lights, etc

Design options (to be investigated)

• Rotating table

• Option for the container: something like the mignon 3x container

Design constraints

• The whole installation should fit on a 200 x 90 cm table

• The installation should be easy to unassemble and reassemble (to make it easy to transport it in the carry-on luggage)

• The installation should be powered up from one single phase 100-240Vac power supply, max 400W

• The installation should only use radio frequencies in the ISM band (i.e. 2.54 GHz)

• The mechanical design should be based of only official LEGO parts

• If no suitable LEGO parts can be identified from the official LEGO catalog, a limited number of 3D-printed parts are allowed. Do not use non-official LEGO products (this may hamper the possibility to feature the MOC in official LEGO fests in the future)

• Additionally, beyond the OAK-D-LITE device provided by the organizers, only widely available, off-the shelf electronic devices (such as smart phones, tablets, Raspberry Pi, USB cables etc) should be required

• The site for submitting orders should be usable from a mobile phone or tablet (should decide on minimum requirements, but ideally the site is responsive and renders beautifully on a phone)