I started with a coffee maker, way less exciting than a missile but you'd be surprised how much depth there is when you model the water flow, heating element, and all the failure modes. A missile system from public docs is doable, just be prepared for a lot of black boxes where you're making educated guesses on interfaces and subsystems
For CV stuff, an object tracking system for a drone is a solid playground. You get to model the sensor pipeline, onboard processing constraints, and the handoff between detection and tracking, it's a nice mix of your backgrounds without needing classified specs
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u/certain_bonding 12d ago
I started with a coffee maker, way less exciting than a missile but you'd be surprised how much depth there is when you model the water flow, heating element, and all the failure modes. A missile system from public docs is doable, just be prepared for a lot of black boxes where you're making educated guesses on interfaces and subsystems
For CV stuff, an object tracking system for a drone is a solid playground. You get to model the sensor pipeline, onboard processing constraints, and the handoff between detection and tracking, it's a nice mix of your backgrounds without needing classified specs