Approach to AEV Project

Our team broke the problem into a couple aspects. The vehicle needs to transport the payload from the different cities, and is constrained by a budget. Our team has decided to try to focus on a very pragmatic design that will excel at the functions, and we want the vehicle to be cheap from a material standpoint. Some other aspects that we are willing to sacrifice to some extent to achieve these priorities are energy efficiency and weight.

The ordered list of our priorities is as follows:

  1. Function (excellent execution of testing requirements)
  2. Budget (keeping cost of parts down, using simpler parts)
  3. Weight (not a driving aspect of design, but effects function)
  4. Energy efficiency (assists in staying within the budget)