2022-10-11 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

CAD Cleanup

• https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWRT/pages/43200839681

Battery Mount Design

• https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UWRT/pages/43169185949

Differential Bar Investigation

Drivetrain Weight Reduction

• @Austin Tailon Huang revisit this task when mass budget has been established

Rover Comms Tower / Gimbal Mount

• • List of questions completed?

    • Went through most of them together with Austin.

  • Concepts or designs?

    • Know I want two aluminum tubes with a waterjet plate mounted at the top for ease of manufacture. Still need to CAD for confirmation.

  • Questions or concerns?

    • Already went over them during meeting last week.

  • Have not gotten anything done since the meeting due to thanksgiving/event/midterm grind.

• Still need to talk with Billy or Logan about Antennas and other comm stand stuff to start making real concepts.

  • Need how far the antennas should be placed apart.

  • Need to know if orientation of “comm packs” (lack of formal definition) matter.

  • Need dimensions of LED Matrix board

• Need to use CAD to figure out best place to put camera for greatest FOV.

• Schedule a PDR

EBox Redesign

• Concrete layout list for next weeks

• Define requirements, criteria and constraints

A1 Base Plate

• • Pushed to GrabCAD

  • Concepts or ideas?

    • Weight reduction done to extend part

    • Would prefer to use counter sink over counter bore otherwise danger

  • Question on the mounting? Bolt, screw, and washers?

    • Yes

• Will add a few more holes which on the four edge (only three edges with screws at multiple points)

• Make them larger thread size

• Itemized list for required materials and new fasteners

A4 Sensor Mount

• • No updates

• Work on the design

Arm Design Research

• List of questions?

• Have to rewrite file for list of questions

• Contact @Austin Tailon Huang with some questions

A5/A6 - Shaft Redesign

• • Ticket created

  • Looking at encoder shafts right now

• Take a deeper look for A5/A6 shaft redesign next week

A5/A6 - Structural Weight Reduction

• @Austin Tailon Huang revisit this task when shaft redesign and encoder protection are completed.

• N/A

A5/A6 - Encoder Protection

• • Pushed a CAD model to grabcad; simple 3D printed enclosure design using mounting holes on plate

  • Minimize number of changes to related hardware

  • have not added to assembly yet

• Push parts to main assy.

• 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

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

• • @Austin Tailon Huang glued mesh filters into air manifold

  • @Ryan Mark machined down dirt nozzle ODs

• Assemble air manifold over the weekend

3D Sensor Head Mount

• waiting on science lead answer for this one

Remachine Science Dirt Nozzles

• Further machine down the OD so o-rings fit

Fix Linear Carriage for Science Mechanism

• Nut superglued in place

• Test nut with motor to make sure it doesn't fall out

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