2022-10-04 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

CAD Cleanup

• Clean Drivetrain CAD

• Working on documentation to learn more about drivetrain design

• Clean cad by next week

Battery Mount Design

• Battery Mount Design

  • List of questions completed?

  • Concepts or designs?

  • Questions or concerns?

• Still doing background into the battery mount

• Design process plan - schedule with Austin some time this week

Differential Bar Investigation

• https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/l/cp/L7Amn3RD

• Meet next week

Drivetrain Weight Reduction

• mainly focused on electrical tasks rn

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

Rover Comms Tower / Gimbal Mount

• Gimbal Mount Investigation

  • List of questions completed?

    • Half of them with the time I had on Saturday.

  • Concepts or designs?

    • I know I want the camera on a diagonal from the arm such that it is not blocked. Can’t be >120cm total from ground but arm has to reach to 150cm.

    • Stand has to hold camera, comm stand items.

  • Questions or concerns?

• @Gavin Mesz meet with austin sometime next week

EBox Redesign

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

A1 Base Plate

• Will create a ticket

  • Updated design pushed?

  • Concepts or ideas?

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

• Machine and replace part

A4 Sensor Mount

• Design proximity limit switch sensor mount (A4)

  • Research done into sensor?

  • Concepts or ideas?

• Questions regarding A4 - to be confirmed offline

Arm Design Research

• List of questions?

A5/A6 - Shaft Redesign

• List of questions?

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

A5/A6 - Structural Weight Reduction

• List of questions?

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

A5/A6 - Encoder Protection

• List of questions?

• @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) create ticket

Design Allen Key Tool Module

• Good for new members

Joint Testing Plans

• Need to develop plans to measure torque output, backlash, speed, efficiency, current draw for each arm joint

• Plus verify end stop functionalities

• Will start after midterms, when odrives work

• Good for experienced members who are familiar with motor properties and motor controllers

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Arm Camera Mount

• Select a suitable camera to be mounted on the wrist

• Requires communication with SW, simpler mechanical design task

Circle back on this one

Science Assembly

• Assemble drill module to air manifold system routing

Science Sensor Dino Mount

• Waiting for science team lead to respond to whether the DHT 22 and CO2 sensors need to be inserted into the soil or only brought near it.

• Working on dino mount - design and CAD review

• Some parts need to be 3d printed, and part needs to be machined

Air Manifold Assembly

• Assemble air manifold

  • @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) glued mesh filters into air manifold

  • @Ryan Mark machined down dirt nozzle ODs

• Assemble air manifold over the weekend

3D Sensor Head Mount

• Design and assemble 3d printed sensor head mount

• waiting on science lead answer for this one

Remachine Science Dirt Nozzles

• Science - Remachine the air manifold nozzle heads

• further machine down the OD

Fix Linear Carriage for Science Mechanism

• Science - Fix the test tube rack linear actuator

Design Mount for Science PCB

• Good for new members, learn about PCB packaging

• Easier design task

Erin Devlin

Mechanical Engineering 2A

Dahui Kang

Mechatronics Engineering 1A

Toni Zeng

Mechatronics Engineering 1A

Lucas D’Elia

Mechatronics Engineering 2B

David Choi

Mechanical Engineering 2A

Megan Chang

Mechatronics Engineering 2B

Santiago Zea

Mechanical Engineering 2A

Yuming He

Mechatronics Engineering 1A

Henrique Rodrigues

Mechatronics Engineering 1A

Aathithan Karunakaran

Mechatronics Engineering 1A

Shivraj Singh Vishnoi

Mechatronics Engineering 2B

Shabd Gupta

Mechatronics Engineering 1A