2021-11-07 Meeting Minutes - Drivetrain

Owned by
Emily Adam
Last updated: Nov 08, 2021
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Review with Mentors Ping & Rishi → Tuesday, 8pm ET


Goals

  • Review full assembly CAD & readiness to meet with mentors
  • Review slip calcs and tread plan

Update & Action Items

MemberUpdateAction Items

a4tersig@uwaterloo.ca (Unlicensed) (Chassis)


  • Double-check with Arm their expectations for how far the arm can be mounted from the front wheel
  • Double-check bond lengths
  • Shorten gimbal tubes, account for gimbal's height
  • Double check arm's height
  • Solidworks Sim
amillsem@uwaterloo.ca (Wheel connections)

  • Verify that encoder is at the correct height
  • Remove curved cuts around the encoder housing → change housing to keep cuts straight
  • Verify valid bend radius
  • Fix SKF bearings, fix weight

cchaikla@uwaterloo.ca



Emily Adam (Differential bar)


  • Touch-up details, sleep on mounting distance method

mapitzgr@uwaterloo.ca (Frame/structure)


  • Double-check bond lengths


New Tasks

  • Collect more accurate radius geometry of the wheel → Chan?
  • Weigh wheels (and CF toob pls)
  • SolidWorks sim → Andrew
  • Treads → Emily

General Notes

  • Currently sitting at ~25 kg without the versaplanetaries weight