Takeaways and Team

The entire team learned from this project to varying degrees. 

Major takeaways include: familiarity with Onshape and all of its features, communicating and coordinating busy out-of-class schedules, electrical modeling and wiring, calculating motor torque and other relevant features of the forces in play, and calculating the life of different components of the system. 

Dozens of tools were used to complete this project, including:

• Mill

• Lathe

• Plasma cutter

• Waterjet

• TIG and MIG welder

• Double-angle cuts on the horizontal band saw

• And more

Overall, this project was incredibly successful at its overall goal of teaching everyone new skills and creating a physical product that we are proud of.