2021-02-09 Meeting Minutes - General

Owned by Olabisi Sanusi
Aug 21, 2021

Goals

  • SAR Update
  • Project Updates
  • New tasks


Update & Action Items

MemberUpdateAction Items
Asha ME, Emily A, Rehnuma T (Science)
  • Need fasteners
Jasmine M, Rehnuma T (Gimbal)
  • Picked up Fasteners
  • Assembly over reading week
    • Add holes to piece
    • Final BOM check
  • No blocks


Mathieu H, Austin (Arm)
  • Still waiting on parts
  • Tool attachment for the claw is being designed by Austin.
    • Printed out some prototypes. Currently have a functional model that will need some tweaking and design improvements
  • Will be getting the E5 shop to machine some parts
    • Reviewing OTS components


Jasmine M, Max A (E-box)
  • Design Review #3 (Final!)
    • Minor changes + Reference CAD to connectors
    • Drawings under review now 
    • Preliminary Design for 3D printed Hinge (Max)
  • Final Drawings + Order Parts
    • Connector Panel
  • No blocks :)


Ethan C, Rehnuma T(Battery)
  • Worked on BOM
  • Need to start ordering stuff


Abdul H (Base station)


Austin H (SAR video, force-sensitive claws)


  • No new updates, focusing on stuff for Mech assy.


Max (Custom wheel research, e-box)
  • link to doc
  • Mostly gathered info on different rovers wheel designs so far
  • Designed and printed a hinge for the ebox lid (not perfect yet)
  • Next step is specifically researching hubs


Emily, Medina, Elizabeth (Harmonic Drive)


  • General research (mainly how it works, advantages/disadvantages, and suppliers so far)


Haseeb (LED board mount)
  • Planned and drew out the design
  • Can’t open the part in an assembly
  • Can open the part by itself (but still get an error)



New Tasks


Task

Name

SAR Video

Austin, Jasmine (after main e-box design done)

Force-sensing claws

Shreshth Mehra

Drivetrain revamp

Max Apitz-Grossman

Emily Adam

Andrew Tersigni

Andrew Zhang

Fixing 2021 CAD

Ethan Cronier

Harmonic drive

Emily Adam

Medina Colabrese

Elizabeth Jung

Battery

Ethan, Rehnuma, austin

Custom wheel research

Max


https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17vSvjMwP4Q2ede3X4Nca8yVGhYfp8aLu?usp=sharing 

General Notes

GrabCAD new organisation and file naming.


  • OTS components “<Supplier> #<prt_numb>.SLDPRT”
  • Set material/weight
  • Set appearance for photo-realism (not as important) 
  • might want another display state for modeling vs rendering
  • Each supplier will have a different supplier folder in OTS
  • Gimbal as a guide
  • Fabrication folder for purchase orders top level of sub system
  • Familiarise with file properties (implement soon if everyone is interested

Assembly updates

  • Take progress pics!

SAR update

  • Demtool parts have arrived! All that’s left is the parts from Wyrx which will be shipped out Thursday
  • McMaster-Carr Parts are in the process of being distributed
  • Making a new McMaster-Carr order tonight after the meeting - let me know if you need anything!
  • Aiming to have the rover fully built by the end of next week (ready for electrical)
  • Continue to make video suggestions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nHkIZ7RM1YnBL17pz-qTBCnfkuRY-as1CBwRSMsuBVc/edit?usp=sharing