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Meeting 20

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March 2, 2018
3:00 pm
Hitchcock Hall Room 214

Meeting Agenda:

  1. Prepare for Performance Test 3
  2. Go over feedback for other teams’ reports
  3. Finish exploration 3

Meeting Notes: 

Everyone was present for this meeting. Tom worked on finishing exploration 3, trying to figure out how to use RPS. Shyon ordered parts and worked on feedback. Dean soldered a bump switch, put the forklift mechanism together, ordered two magnets and put them on the arm mechanism. Meghan met with the team to go over the meeting agenda, went over feedback for other teams’ reports, but had to leave early.

Future Actions:

  1. Finish exploration
  2. Start working on Performance Test 3

Meeting 15

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February 23, 2018
3:00 pm
Hitchcock Hall Room 214

Meeting Agenda: 

  1. Get shaft encoding working
  2. Fix chassis

Meeting Notes:

Everyone was present for this meeting. Tom working on a program implementing shaft encoding, instead of using timing for robot navigation. Tom and Dean took the robot apart in order to make more room for servo motors. Dean also sanded the 3D printed skid, cut the chassis, and soldered microswitches. Meghan worked on the website, testing logs, meeting notes, and budget log. She also started looking at the Futaba servo motor and how to program it for the robot. Shyon also worked on the website and filled out a testing log.

Future Actions: 

  1. Need to put team number (H6) on each side of robot
  2. Start working on code for Performance Test 2
  3. Prepare for first board meeting

Meeting 13

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February 20, 2018
3:45 pm
Hitchcock Hall Room 214

Meeting Agenda:

  1. Finalize robot for Performance Test 1
  2. Attach CdS cell
  3. Finish code

Meeting Notes:

Tom, Dean, and Meghan were present. Tom helped finish code for Performance Test 1, and attached bump switches to the robot as well. Dean mounted the CdS cell while Meghan helped finish coding for the performance test. The testing log can be found here.

Future Actions: 

  1. Perform Performance Test 1 early
  2. Start on pseudocode

Meeting 12

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February 19, 2018
3:00 pm
Hitchcock Hall Room 214

Meeting Agenda: 

  1. Good final design on SolidWorks
  2. Build chassis to the point where the motors just have to be put on
  3. Get encoders and motors
  4. Write code for performance test
  5. Final report outline

Meeting Notes:

Everyone was present. Tom finished the line following portion of Exploration 2, wrote preliminary code for Performance Test 1, filed down lock collars, reworked SolidWorks model, and tested first part of Performance Test 1 code. Shyon helped put in the wheels and the axles using set screws and insanely small wrenches. He also wrote the final report outline. Dean soldered bump switches, soldered CdS cell, drilled holes & mounted flange plates, ordered screws for flange plate mounting. Meghan helped put on the wheels and axles. After that she set up Github and worked on website. The testing log can be found here.

Future Actions: 

  1. Finalize robot for Performance Test 1
  2. Test robot runs