156A Week 9

Progress Report 1 - 12/1/2020

What has been done:

• Listed down all of the parts needed to create a single finger module.

  • Jan, Jonathan, Joseph, Sebastian

• Compiled and submitted a cost breakdown that is currently under review by the sponsor

  • Jan, Jonathan, Joseph, Sebastian

Sponsor Feedback:

• Due to the holiday and scheduling conflicts, a meeting within the last week was not possible

  • Meeting on Wednesday at 10am to confirm cost breakdown and solidify the goal of the project

Instructor Feedback:

• Find out a clear understanding of the project and what we need to do.

  • Once the first module is built, components to optimize can be established

  • Also solidify what exactly this project is to be used for

  • Current understanding is to recreate the entire system and find specific components / subsystems to optimize - does this meet the course objectives?

Current Concerns:

• Where are the project forms submitted? There doesn’t seem to be a submit link on the assignment page.

• Being able to physically test and understand the current limitations of a single module, how that translates to the entire hand, and deciding the purpose of the risk reduction presentation within the next 2 weeks (timing is a little tight)

  • Can we also try to do this through research along with physical testing? By digging deeper into the current documentation and using our intuition to develop a list of possible components / subsystems to optimize?

  • Ideally build and test as much as possible but fill in the gaps with research

Next Steps:

• Order all parts for a single finger module once approved

  • entire team

• Begin 3D printing components

  • Sebastian, Jon

• Assemble parts as they come in / finish printing

  • Sebastian, Jon, Joseph

• Develop spreadsheet with list of components / subsystems that could be improved

  • Entire team