2022-11-29 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Attendance

Austin Huang
Thomas
Josh
Chan
David

General Updates

URDF walk-thru
General Updates

Drivetrain - @Thomas Valer

@Thomas Valer

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
Battery Mount Design	Battery Mount Design Changed architecture for battery mount	Finalizing CAD

BLOCKERS:

Gimbal / Rover Comms - @Gavin Mesz

@Gavin Mesz

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
Rover Comms Tower / Gimbal Mount	Gimbal Mount Investigation Rearchitected gimbal placement in rover	Vet out new gimbal layout design

BLOCKERS:

EBox

E-box Redesign - University of Waterloo Robotics Design Team - Confluence

@Joshua Harper

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name

Updates

Action Items - Next Week

EBox Redesign

Majority of updates in drivetrain notes; new design for ebox and layout established

Finalizing ebox components

List of Ebox Contents 2023

Cleaning CAD as well, sheet metal design review at some point later as well

BLOCKERS:

Arm - @Austin Tailon Huang

@Ryan Mark

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
A1 Base Plate	A1 Base Plate Redesign - University of Waterloo Robotics Design Team - Confluence No major updates	Finals
A4 Sensor Mount	Design proximity limit switch sensor mount (A4) No updates	finals

BLOCKERS:

@ David Choi

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
A5/A6 - Shaft Redesign	Shaft Redesign - A5/A6 - University of Waterloo Robotics Design Team - Confluence Got busy with school	Machining key seats this week

BLOCKERS:

OPEN DESIGN TASKS:

Task	Interested Members

Task

Interested Members

Design Allen Key Tool Module

Good for new members

Joint Testing Plans

No updates

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Arm Camera Mount

Select a suitable camera to be mounted on the wrist
Requires communication with SW, simpler mechanical design task

david is working on this

Science - @Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
Science Assembly	Assemble drill module to air manifold system routing No major updates Still waiting for sensor head mount design to adjust cad for dino sensor mount	Update sensor head continue testing elevators

BLOCKERS:

@Egor Gorelyy

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week
3D Sensor Head Mount	Design and assemble 3d printed sensor head mount finalized cad, preparing for CDR	CDR on this friday

BLOCKERS:

Sick

@Ryan Mark

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

Task Name	Updates	Action Items - Next Week

BLOCKERS:

N/A

OPEN DESIGN TASKS:

Task	Interested Members

Task

Interested Members

Design Mount for Science PCB

Good for new members, learn about PCB packaging
Easier design task

Noone actively working on this task

New Members:

Name	Program and Year	Training Status

Name	Program and Year	Training Status
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

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