Proj. Manag.

Project Management

- Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
- All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
- Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).

Project Objectives

High Priority Objectives

- Fabricate a torso, upper arm, forearm, and hand for the figure.
- Incorporate motors and hinges that overcome weight torques to achieve provided motion profiles.
- Incorporate a single-board-computer control system to control the motors.
- Include stiff, flexible, and fused modulable upper arm linkages for varied testing.
- Include stiff and flexible modulable forearm linkages for varied testing.

Second Priority Objectives

- Code PID control into the single-board-computer.
- Add sensors such as stain gauges and accelerometers.
- Fabricate a second arm and head for aesthetic purposes.
- Design for transportability to enable use of the figure as a demonstration tool.

Other Constraints and Issues

WOW Design Solution

The sponsor desires an animatronic object that can be physically correlated and tested to improve analysis techniques.

Risk Reduction Strategy

Smart scheduling to reduce time and cost.
Analyze and compare stresses in basic linkage, circular cage, and rectangular cage designs with FEA.
Fabricate accurate fuses based on research and testing.
Design for modulation to avoid inconsistencies in testing due to misalignments from frequent disassembly and reassembly.

Intermediate Milestones

Individual Component Analysis Topics

Weekly Meeting Time with sponsor: