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 → get more info first
   • Compare CF suspension VS aluminum body → will our suspension be too heavy?

1. Differential bar VS differential gearbox decision
   • Continue with bar
   • Keep in mind for stiffness we want a low CoG, the distance between mounting points 
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2. Discuss methods of increasing the suspension's stability and its alignment to the rest of the rover
3. Review motor options
   • Nanotechs, prefer shorter length
4. Review motor layout
   • Proceed with motor integration into wheels?
   • Combined bogie motors? 6 motors → 4 motors
5. Review wheel layout?
   • Reference prototype geometry in terms of layout

Additional Tasks

• Old rover diassembly
• 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

EVERYONE update SolidWorks license