2021-09-30 Meeting Minutes - Drivetrain

4 Days until Sourcing Conclusion!!

18 Days until First Draft CAD Due!!!

Goals

• Review prototyping data & research to determine how to proceed for our final design

Discussion

1. CF tubes thoughts 
   • Consider skinny chassis with more mounting
2. Differential bar VS differential gearbox decision
3. Discuss methods of increasing the suspension's stability and its alignment to the rest of the rover
4. Review motor options
5. Review motor layout
   • Proceed with motor integration into wheels?
   • Combined bogie motors? 6 motors → 4 motors
6. Review wheel layout?

Additional Tasks

• Read documentation and analysis papers of rocker-bogie projects
  • Emily
• Carbon fibre bonding, figure out tolerance and prototyping
  • Asha
• Learn FEA
• Learn SolidWorks simulation?
• Investigate and prototype tread styles
• Continue custom wheel research

Update & Action Items