2021-09-30 Meeting Minutes - Drivetrain

4 Days until Sourcing Conclusion!!

18 Days until First Draft CAD Due!!!

Goals

• Review prototyping data & research to determine how to proceed for our final design

Discussion

1. CF tubes thoughts 

   • Consider skinny chassis with more mounting → get more info first

   • Compare CF suspension VS aluminum body → will our suspension be too heavy?

1. Differential bar VS differential gearbox decision

   • Continue with bar

   • Keep in mind for stiffness we want a low CoG, the distance between mounting points 

2. Discuss methods of increasing the suspension's stability and its alignment to the rest of the rover

3. Review motor options

   • Nanotechs, prefer shorter length

4. Review motor layout

   • Proceed with motor integration into wheels?

   • Combined bogie motors? 6 motors → 4 motors

5. Review wheel layout?

   • Reference prototype geometry in terms of layout

Additional Tasks

• Old rover diassembly

• Read documentation and analysis papers of rocker-bogie projects

  • Emily

• Carbon fibre bonding, figure out tolerance and prototyping

  • Asha

• Learn FEA

• Learn SolidWorks simulation?

• Investigate and prototype tread styles

• Continue custom wheel research

Update & Action Items

EVERYONE update SolidWorks licenses!