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2022-02-29 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

2022-02-29 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Meeting Participants

Meeting Participants

@Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated)

@Emily Adam

@Max Apitz-Grossman

@Andrew Tersigni (Deactivated)

@Arlo Symons

@chris kenneweg

@Gavin Mesz

@Jessica Farias Medina

@Kenneth Francis

@Kyle Ferrier

@Matthew Zhu

@Medina Colabrese (Deactivated)

@taim al-dabbagh

@Thomas Valer (Deactivated)

@zia formuly


General Announcements

Congrats to everyone finishing midterms!
Good luck to everyone who has upcoming midterms!

  • New meeting minute template!

    • Easier to track progress on active projects / know who's working on what

    • Please add your name/updates to the project categories you are working on

    • Anything that does not fall within this umbrella can be listed in “Member Updates”

  • Austin is no longer mech lead → now doing PM work

  • CoLab - any interest? Review designs 2x faster with CoLab

  • Add the following people to confluence @Emily Adam

    • Chris Kenneweg

    • Zia Formuly

    • Taim Al-Dabbagh

  • Hybrid meetings to start next week! Keep posted in the mech channel for a message from Emily to hear whats going on :))

Drivetrain - Updates

Drivetrain Integration

Wheel Connection

Chassis

Differential Bar

Suspension

Drivetrain - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Assemble full drivetrain
Finish printing all wheel connection parts
Finish machining all chassis parts
Finish machining all differential parts
Finish qty 6 wheel connection assy.
Finish chassis assembly
Finish suspension assembly
Finish differential bar assembly

Arm - Updates

Arm Integration

Axis 1

Axis 2

Axis 3

Axis 4

Axis 5/6

O-Drive Enclosures

Arm - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Assemble full arm
Finish fabricating all parts for Axis 1
Finish fabricating all parts for Axis 2
Finish fabricating all parts for Axis 3
Finish fabricating all parts for Axis 4
Finish fabricating all parts for Axis 5/6
Assemble Axis 1
Assemble Axis 2
Assemble Axis 3
Assemble Axis 4
Assemble Axis 5/6
Finish O-Drive enclosure design
Fabricate O-Drive enclosures

Science Updates

Science Integration

Drill Bit Module

Dirt Read Head Module

Elevator Modules

Test Tube Module

Base Frame

Science - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Assemble full science mechanism
Finish fabricating all parts for drill bit module
Finish fabricating all parts for dirt read head module
Finish fabricating all parts for elevator modules
Finish fabricating all parts for test tube module
Finish fabricating all parts for base frame
Assemble drill bit module
Assemble dirt read head module
Assemble elevator modules
Assemble test tube module
Assemble base frame

Electrical Box - Updates

Electrical Box - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Assemble electrical box on new chassis
Determine level of rework for electrical box
Verify fully enclosed mass

End Effector - Updates

End Effector - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Assemble end effector

Gimbal/Vision - Updates

Wrist Camera

Gimbal/Vision - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Rework gimbal parts
Assemble reworked gimbal
Finish wrist camera mount design
Fabricate wrist camera

LED Matrix - Updates

LED Matrix - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Rework old LED matrix
Install LED matrix on new rover

Battery Mount - Updates

Battery Mount - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Finalize design of new battery mount
Fabricate battery mount
Install battery mount on new rover

E-Stop - Updates

E-Stop - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Install E-stop on rover Mar 12, 2022

Comms - Updates

Comms - High Level Goals

Active Goals

Verify capabilities of comms station
Determine if antennae position rework is necessary

Other Updates

  • This section is free form. Please feel free to add any other updates you would like.

  • @Max Apitz-Grossman : Mars Lander?

    • concept completed, CAD mostly completed

    • Find absolute cheapest material lol

  • @connor starting the training

  • SAR