2021-02-16 Meeting Minutes - General

2021-02-16 Meeting Minutes - General

Goals

  • SAR Update

  • Project Updates

  • New tasks



Update & Action Items

Member

Update

Action Items

Member

Update

Action Items

Asha ME, Emily A, Rehnuma T (Science)

  • Mechanism Built and ready for electrical. Good work everyone!

Jasmine M, Rehnuma T (Gimbal)

  • Assembly almost done (by tomorrow)

  • Troubleshoot a lot of the parts



Mathieu H, Austin (Arm)

  • Assembly in progress, but will be finished soon



Jasmine M, Max A (E-box)

  • Drawings (except connector panel)

  • Technique to prevent interference 



Ethan C, Rehnuma T (Battery)

  • Ordered some stuff from BOM

  • Need to procure a spot welder



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)



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)

  • Continued research, mainly looking at usage examples





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

SAR update

  • Back in the bay next Monday! Need some help for the move and part inventory. Anyone with a car, it would be great if you could come and pick up the rover at my place.

  • Aiming to film the video on February 28

  • Continue to make video suggestions:

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

Assembly updates

  • Take progress pics!

  • Arm in progress!

  • Science built!

  • Gimbal in progress!

GrabCAD new organisation and file naming.

  • OTS components “<Supplier> #<prt_numb>.SLDPRT”

  • Set material/weight

  • 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)

CAD etiquette

  • Center origins (where convenient)

  • Center profile mate

  • Pattern as much as makes sense