Continuing to work on Bosworth, my embodied AI research project. More specifically, I'm working on taking the code I wrote earlier - which reads data from the 9-DOF accelerometer board and the GPS board and sends it to both a storage server using MQTT and to the "percept queue" using ActiveMQ - and "operationalizing" it. So basically, writing scripts to build, package, and deploy this stuff, writing SystemD unit files, and all of the other miscellaneous trappings needed to make it easy to deploy and manage.

Once I tie up the loose ends on getting the GPS and orientation data, I'll start on one of the other data types I plan to work with. Not sure which one will come next, but some of the things queued up to do include:

- integrating one or more webcams for visual processing

- integrating one or more microphones for auditory processing

- integrating a thermocouple interface board to allow it to sense the ambient temperature. Will probably actually do two of these and use one thermocouple to measure the temperature inside the "body" of the system.

- considering also adding a light sensor to sense ambient light levels, a proximity sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, and possibly some other miscellaneous stuff. But the big ones I wanted to start with were the position/orientation stuff, and vision and audio.

I also need to replace the amplifier I use to drive the speakers used for audio output. In the current configuration I get some unwanted hum when then box is running on wall current, and the amp isn't really powerful enough anyway.

Outside of all that, I am trying to get back to cycling 40 miles a week, and right now I'm sitting at 25 miles of MTB'ing for the week, so I need to go out for a road ride tonight, or tomorrow and try to pick up the final 15 miles I need.

And, of course, I'll watch the Dolphins / Bills game tomorrow. #PHINSUP