2022-01-18 - Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Goals

  • Review status of the rover
  • Review work delegation

High-Level Overview

General

  • For everyone making prints and posting to drafting - please PING reviewers after linking your drawings!
  • For everyone making prints - please review the status of all of your drawings on the part tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HPEkeCkpTusLCXb6v7PG44SDeqHmx5bTmrqhjEWrAiQ/edit#gid=0
    • Ping any lead if your drawing has been approved and the spreadsheet is wrong, but please stay on top of the status and ensure it is in good shape
  • COTS Order BOMS drive folder is linked in discord - if you are waiting on stock or parts check status here
  • We should have worked out our confluence issues, if you are unable to access Confluence please ping Emily or Max (not Austin as his VPN doesn't work..... (sad))
  • MAXON MOTORS ARE IN THE BAY!
  • Machine during the week - not on Saturday if possible

Arm

  • Great progress on drawings from new members!
  • First part on the Haas done - Thanks Ethan! 
  • All stock and OTS parts ready/in process of being ordered
  • Let's begin machining approved prints ASAP

Drivetrain

  • Dealing with the current lack of carbon fiber at our disposal
  • Tricky suspension pieces are being sorted out using CNC - once again thanks Ethan!

Update & Action Items

  • If you're free to machine, state your availability for this week!
MemberUpdateAction Items
Emily Adam
  • Coordination of ordering parts and preparing for machining
  • Drawings for new aluminum pieces
  • Demtool order  
  • Ordering of new stock, preparing more to be water jetted  
  • Touchbase with Olabisi about battery mount
  • Touchbase with Ryan C about wiring clip
  • Get stuff printed
Austin Tailon Huang
  • completed boms for all OTS parts (SKF, KHK, Misumi, DFROBOT) and arm stock
  • contacted and re-established fictiv credit
  • (somewhat) helped get 0060 done on the CNC (emailed brian lol)
  • picked out a drill and angle grinder for WEEF
  • reviewed prints - shoutouts to everyone whos being active in drafting or DMS (heart) 
  • made small design change to A4 to improve dowel pin alignment
  • sort out budgeting with business and get all of our stuff ordered 
  • complete McMaster/EMS BOM  
  • continue to review prints
  • create Agile BOM and reach out to Nathan (please send me all agile parts!)  
  • create a fictiv order for A4 bracket (anyone else who wants something made Emily Adam Max Apitz-Grossman please lmk)  
  • A4 sensor mount (oops)
  • order more PLA filament
Max Apitz-Grossman
  • Designed a few new suspension pieces to be used in lieu of the CF not being available
  • Some drawings for those
  • Update that thread
Ethan Cronier
  • going ham on machining
  • lead stuff
  • keep doing what hes doing
Andrew Tersigni (Deactivated)
  • applications and coop stuff
  • looked into what to do for comms tower w/o carbon fibre tubes
  • discuss more after meeting
  • supervise drawings for parts added for moved comms stand
  • update chassis bom
  • update tracker page 
Asha Mills Emmett
  • applications and coop stuff
  • all drawings done, ready to machine
  • start machining parts (see later)
Elizabeth Jung
  • finishing shop training
  • she will be managing manufacturing for Axis 2 (partially)
  • working on fixture asap
Olabisi Sanusi
  • no updates
  • no updates
Chanpakorn Chaiklahan
  • has been working on lots of machining (P0092)
  • designing camera mount on arm
  • fill in later
Medina Colabrese
  • Finished most drawing updates for in house parts
  • finish the rest of A5A6 drawing updates (Prioritize Demtool parts)
  • BOM
Jasmine Milan
  • Not much to update
    • Generating print files for end effector parts 
  • Delivered maxon motors!
  • Hoping to come up this week or weekend to do some machining and printing end effector parts (depending on snow + car availability) 
  • Make any changes needed to science camera mechanism based on feedback from Max
Abdul Haseeb
  • (sad)
  • (sad)
Thomas Valer
  • finishing the motor controller enclosure
  • finish motor controller enclosure
  • create bonding fixture for chassis 
  • get controller layout finalized (ping austin)
Steven Gong
  • Started machining parts for P-099
  • Tried 3d printing design last week for a screwdriver holder but ran out of filament midprint
    • will be put on hold until we get more 3d printing filament
  • Design for mars lander testing rig still not finished
  • Finish machining P-099
  • Continue CADing mars lander testing rig

Maybe if extra-time: machine another part in #bounties

Future:

  • 3D print screwdriver holder
Conall Kingshott
  • brought in stock for 0060 (got it made with Jeff!)
  • Grabbing some bounties
  • Working on versaplanetary parts later
Ryan C.
  • P0008 and P0022 machining in progress
  • Working on drivetrain cable clips
    • Want to meet with Emily Adam later
    • Look into status on part tracker for Ethan's drawing
Simon Gorbet
  • Can't edit confluence 
  • Need to upload part number 
Alysha
  • no updates
  • no updates
Ash
  • no updates
  • no updates
Chris
  • no updates
  • no updates
Charmaine
  • working on training
  • going into machine shop tomorrow 4:00
Joshua
  • no updates
  • no updates
Matthew
  • working on training
  • finished shop training
  • continue training
Olivia Y.
  • end effector adapter plate design is done
  • worked on first draft of the drawing
  • almost done training
  • revise drawing
Olivia Z.
  • working through drawing section of onboarding
  • machined P00028
  • continue training
  • finish up OTS parts
Ryan M.
  • finished shop training
  • ready to machine B)
  • working on onboarding
Zia
  • making progress on training
Alaina
  • no updates for now
  • no updates for now
Kenneth
  • working on Axis 3 drawings
Arlo
  • used to go to highschool with conall B)
  • working on training
  • used to go to highschool with conall B)
  • workinng on training
Gavin
  • A4 drawings wrapped up B) 
  • got all the feedback
  • message a lead to make sure the part tracker is properly updates 
  • machining
  • lurking on bounties
Kyle
  • working on team and shop training
  • working on team and shop training
  • down to machine


New Tasks:

Arm - Machining and Fabrication

  • (Go to part tracker)

FW Fixture


Topics for Later

  • How are we controlling whos going into the bay when???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
  • Does steven need help with lander design 
  • Talk to Ryan about A2 stuff
  • Figure out how to run a 3D print farm on campus
  • Andrew's connection stand - 0256 and 0257
  • What parts does asha need machined