156B Week 5

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

All three arms are fabricated for the mechanical side. We also managed to move two stepper motors at the same time with an Arduino mega.

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• Finished manufacturing all the arms to the base.

• Printed all of the arm pieces.

• Purchased all the required components to optimize the Trifinger

• Connected Arduino to MATLAB

Goals for This Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• Mechanical components optimization to allow for better strain and factor of safety. (Joseph and Sebastian)

• Launch the two stepper motors and the servo simultaneously using the Arduino. (Dustin and Jonathan)

• Finish the required Lab Report (50 percent done). (Sebastian, Joseph, Dustin, and Jonathan)

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate the date of comments and if via email or in-person)

• 01/26/21 - Speed up the data streaming using I2C - Matthew

Risks and Areas of Concern:

• Increasing the resolution of the Arduino Mega

• Decision on which power supply to use for the motors

Budget

• None

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Report

    • Applicable Standards (Dustin & Joseph)

    • Theoretical Calculations for the servo and stepper (Dustin & Joseph)

  • Webpage

    • Edited report to the webpage.