Mech Program Standup S22

Owned by Matthew Visser
Last updated: 2022-05-18 by Sahil Kale
2 min read

  • we doing good

  • big wins at comp

  • F22

    • chaotic

    • releasing of CONOPS - a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding

    • took a while to figure out goals/requirements for competition

    • once we sorted them out, then we got into good research timeline which we met

    • cad design also met timeline

    • November: good progress with manufacturing and prototyping

    • were able to fly prototype in Fall

  • W22

    • January waiting for flight test

    • first flight test was end of february/early march (really late)

    • iterated on frame to make it bigger

    • began looking at landing gear

    • tried to make arms lighter

    • second flight test with grabber and test weight

    • drone crashed

    • happened during finals week then finals stopped progress

    • one or two weeks before comp

    • grabber had final design]

    • made the decision to switch grabber to linear actuators in March, leading to discussions between FW and EE about controlling grabber

    • realized all hole measurements were all wrong

    • new arm design was too late to manufacture so we went back to old design

    • new landing gear design to accommodate arms

    • mech confused what boards were going on and off the drone

  • Action Items:

    • Robohub testing is indoors we need Netting

    • aggressive timeline on integration

    • more flight testing

    • leads in the loop

    • teamwide timeline

  • Moving on to new things

    • Recruitment

    • require more manpower for legacy/longterm project

    • being able to shift manpower around would be nice but we require more manpower

    • Mentorship - we are missing a more involved mentor

  • Action Items

    • documentation: philosophy, new member can build Vanny - draft everything, example of good documentation: Ethan

    • Mentorship - ask Ethan to roast us

    • Get new SW licenses for 2022: Matthew

    • Repair 3D printer

    • Bay organization - tape and markers, drag others

    • edit bootcamp to include documentation

  • New Projects

    • coop?

    • FW wants a drone - get requirements ASAP

    • Antenna

    • PID tuning test rig

    • drop test rig