09/28/21

Owned by Cindy Cai (Deactivated)
Last updated: 2021-09-30 by Brielle Chenier
2 min read

Member

Updates

Action Items

Member

Updates

Action Items

Megan

Drone:

  • legs are printing

  • Battery mount gcode uploaded to GrabCAD

  • waiting for legs to print

  • upload battery mount solidworks file

  • mount battery pack

Kayla

  • grabber ideas & research

  • claw concepts

  • continue to flesh out claw concepts

  • working with megan on battery mount

  • testing wooden drone

Jackie

 

  • work on grabber

Brielle

  • motor calculations

  • we probably need 6 motors

  • parts from other subteams to fit

  • continue working on frame

    • configuring six motors

  • work towards sketch on sunday

Carly

  • worked on six rotors calculations

  • HDF prototyping idea

  • begin prototyping ideas

Simon

  • grabber concept

  • prototype parts list

  • begin modelling design

Cindy

  • organizational, timeline

  • grabber concepts

  • figure out money stuff

  • talk to people about gimbal

  • List prototyping parts & approve

Steven

  • organization, timeline

  • frame concepts and calculations

  • frame arm concepts (ie. hollow)

  • figure out money stuff

  • talk to people about gimbal

  • List prototyping parts & approve

Justin

 

 

Josh

  • research on gimbal design

  • camera testing rig

  • CAD, prototyping 3DP

  • talk to electrical about motors

  • materials for camera testing rig

Joshua

 

 

Shangheethan

  • frame materials, plastic injection molding

  • look into materials & manufacturing options

 

UPDATES

  • new timeline!

  • new task organization

  • new members?

  • design begins now (things are starting to happen!)

  • $1200 budget (talk to Ese for process)

 

TASKS

Grabber

  • Last week: design sketches and research

  • begin designing in CAD

  • begin finding things to prototype with

    • materials, things to buy, things in the bay already, etc.

  • begin work on testing rig

  • ie. just start trying things

  • meeting thurs 6:30-8pm

  • mock package, mock barrel “drop-off”

  • sunday may or may not be prototyping day

Gimbal

  • meeting on Wed with Shrinjay, Ray, Kevin

  • bring a mech POV to meeting

    • mounting to frame

    • aero

    • line-of-sight, etc.

Frame

  • Last week: design sketches and research

  • begin CAD on base plate (1 person)

  • begin CAD on arms and connections (1 or 2 people)

  • spec off-the-shelf parts & manufacturing process learning (1 person)

  • more detailed simulations using estimated numbers (weight, dimensions, materials, shape)

    • (many people)

  • Six props

    • shape of frame?

  • find out what needs to be fitted onto frame

General

  • battery mount

    • design created: zip tie plate to drone, velcro and bungee battery to plate

    • to try assembly next week

  • camera testing rig (ryan asked for this) materials and then we can build it!

  • begin documenting parts needed

  • send parts and materials to cindy and steven!!

  • Machine shop safety course “Engineering student machine shop orientation”