2021-06-01 Meeting Minutes - Arm

Goals

  • Budget updates
  • Task Updates
  • Plan next week

Update & Action Items

MemberUpdateAction Items
Caleb
  • Link part properties to templates (author, material, revision, etc.) → Templates done and linked to properties
  • Continue work on end effector
  • Add template guide to confluence
  • Continue work on end effector
    • Start up creating a 4 bar model to calculate the forces we'll have (analytically)
    • Start looking into FEA on the claw

Austin

  • made an Am-0915 curve and put it in prototype 1 page, it seems very weak although I may be misinterpreting values
  • FRC hardware hasn't changed, (bag + 300:1 versa + 3.33:1 belt drive)
  • joint CAD halfway done, will have it done for thursday for sure. 
  • Joint 2 CAD

Medina

  • Select motor, gearbox and reduction
  • CAD joint
  • Continue CAD for joints 5 and 6
Ali
  • Select motor, gearbox and reduction
  • CAD joint
  • Continue CAD for joints 3 and 4 
Jasmine
  • Help Ali with joint 3 and 4
  • Create a testing procedure for the prototype
Keyon
  • Select motor, gearbox and reduction
  • CAD joint
  • CAD for joint 1
Ethan
  • 3D print end effector to test, then laser cut and test → ready to go to a metal design
  • Design metal end effector (for iteration 2 of the arm)
Mathieu
  • Control Scheme in progress
  • Figure out what encoders we need for iteration 2
  • Figure  out what encoders to use for iteration 1
  • Help with joint 1 CAD
  • Figure out a part numbering system
Haseeb
  • Custom arm controller


New Tasks

General Notes