2023-01-31 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

 

Attendance

  • Thomas

  • Josh

  • Chan

  • David

  • Iram

  • Jasmin

  • Nada

  • Shabd

  • Yuming

General Updates

  • Last year’s SAR submission was due March 4 - this means we should aim to have high priority tasks done 3rd to 4th week of Feb

Weekly Updates

Member

Project(s)

Updates

Action Items

Blockers

Member

Project(s)

Updates

Action Items

Blockers

@Austin Tailon Huang

 

 

 

 

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Science

  • drill speed is adequate - awaiting testing

  • fan - can suck up some dirt, minimal amount - need to troubleshoot

  • motors for air manifold - no binding but servos cannot lift 1.4kg

    • going to try 3d printing manifold

  • print test tube cover

    • thomas will print today

  • find replacement servo for air manifold elevator

  • file down test tube

 

 

David Choi

Science

  • 3d print air manifold

  • firmware jig

 

 

Gavin

Gimbal/Comms Mount

  • pretty much done CAD

  • design review this week?

 

Iram

Assembly Jig for Differential

  • talk after meeting

 

 

Jasmin

  • machining task

  • machining task (drivetrain)

 

 

@Joshua Harper

Ebox

  • Continued working on sheet metal enclosure for ebox

  • Thomas & I tested Axis 1 motor - works

  • Add connections interfaces to front of ebox - coordinate w electrical

  • Get encoder feedback working

 

Nada

Firmware Testing Rig

 

 

 

Shabd

Allen Key Tool Module

  • still working on CAD

  • create PRD

 

 

@Thomas Valer

Battery Mount

  • Checked loading with battery weight and looks good

  • Josh & I tested Axis 1 motor - works

  • finalize BOM

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Yuming

Science Test Tube Rack
Arm Camera Mount

  • pi cam for arm camera

  • talk to electrical

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unassigned/New Tasks

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Active Projects (SAR)

Arm

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

ARM1

Vet/validate full mechanical build

@Joshua Harper @Thomas Valer

Feb 28, 2023

 

I

ARM2

Select wrist cam; design mount

Yuming

Feb 14, 2023

  • look through camera’s in bay during meeting

II

ARM4

Complete joint level load testing

 

 

 

III

ARM7

Design + manufacture allen key tool

Shabd

 

 

IV

Drivetrain

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

DT5

Design, mfg, & assembly of comms stand

Gavin

Feb 21, 2023

 

I

DT6

Design, mfg, & assembly of battery mount

@Thomas Valer

Feb 21, 2023

 

II

Science

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

ID

Description

Project Lead

Deadline

Comments

Priority

SCI1

Complete full mechanical assembly

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Feb 21, 2023

 

I

SCI3

Create low level arduino scripts to power every actuator, and read from every sensor on science

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Feb 21, 2023

 

II

SCI4

Process a full sample

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

Feb 28, 2023

 

III