2021-05-11 Meeting Minutes - Arm

Torque and speed requirements for the existing (new arm) system per axis
- Mathieu + Caleb
New backlash requirement and other updated requirements per axis
- 1 degree max
‘Ideal’ gearbox style of what you saw from Harmonic Drive’s product line
- Austin
Estimated budget per gearbox
- Mathieu

setting up belt drives (centerline spacing, percent stretch, different belt profiles, tension methods) - Medina
compliant grip materials to use on end effector, material selection and compliant geometry patterns (i think this is independent enough from the actual gripper design to investigate atm) - Ethan
encoder integration (how they work as well) - Keyon
brakes investigation / back driving prevention methods when the arm is powered off - Ali (already done)
markforged composites investigation at agile manufacturing - Austin
Make a list of all common materials available from our sponsors for us to make parts out of - Mathieu
Bearings expert (differentiate between when to use plain bushings, ball bearings, roller bearings, what load ratings, what complications to consider when installing and selecting bearing types) - Medina
grease guy (what components do we predict need servicing? Not just limited to grease application, but also retorquing components etc)
Use of adhesive for joints