2021-03-30 Meeting Minutes - General

Goals

General updates
Project Updates
New tasks

Update & Action Items

Member	Update	Action Items
Asha ME, Emily A, Rehnuma (Science)	Created new lids for centrifuge Made nut pockets for mounting set screws
Mathieu H, Austin, Rehnuma (Arm)	Wrist issue has more or less been diagnosed (looks like we may be able to get away with light machining fixes to adjust fit) Wrist disassembled and fixes are in progress	3d print for wrist cam and tooling bit will be adjusted soon (sry)
Jasmine M, Austin, Ethan (e-box)	Made all last minute updates, please review drafting channel post New BOM More connectors ordered	Design review soon then we can send it Need to update interior layout and some printed components, but wont affect the ebox frame for fab whatsoever
Haseeb (LED board mount, Encoder mounts design for drivetrain)		Need to print Finished CAD, need to print
Emily, Medina, Elizabeth (New Gearboxes)	Prepping lightning talk
Ethan (CAD cleanup)	Clean up done (still some rebuild errors that are difficult to fix) Do not mate to a patterned component Watch out for circular references Documentation on new standards New standards will be in Google drive > Mechanical > CAD protocols (for now)	To do: new naming scheme Setup file properties Build tests (via solidworks macros) New file templates Update/expand/improve Fastener library - heat set inserts? Shoulder bolts? Appearances? Missing Sizes? Setup config standard (old configs always get messed up) verified/reviewed metadata tag? Improve training Document everything… (move to confluence)
Asha	Ansys? -> Tony sent me the contact info of our connection - Mathieu
Austin		Sponsorship packages for demtool wyrks and agile will be sent this week

New Tasks

Task	Name
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
Custom wheel research	Max
	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17vSvjMwP4Q2ede3X4Nca8yVGhYfp8aLu?usp=sharing

New Tasks for Competition

Task	Name
Arm Elbow Backlash	Jasmine and Ethan
Arm Wrist Gear Meshing	Mathieu, Austin / Rehnuma
New PCB mounts for arm	Andrew (refer to Aidan or Wolfgang on electrical)
Encoder mounts design for drivetrain	Abdul

General Notes

General Updates

No competition :(
McMaster order tonight https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GZpWpvmd1aQ3X-s4xnjpDyD67mgg-gRo5vD-Kpb7MRg/edit?usp=drivesdk
Changelog spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tZWtUUT4nEAKcqEtiUVeIYwnc91oyNRs6UcAGdYrIjU/edit?usp=drivesdk
We will be starting work on the 2022 robot within the next few weeks

Mars Rover Main Subsystems

2022 Design Framework

Arm Issues and New tasks

Assun man will give us a free pizza