12810 QuantumX Meeting #5 – 10/7/2017

Team members:

Austin, Anthony, Audrey, Melody, Max, Derek, Ray

Engineering Notebook (due Thursday night midnight)

• Overall: Ray
• Hardware: all builders
• Software: Anthony, Ray
• CAD: Max

Agenda:

• With 8565:
  • Grant application status updates
  • First In Texas article status update
  • Qualifier and scrimmage decision
  • Schimelfenig mentoring session availability check
  • Engineering Notebook Expectation
  • Action item check (including Engineering Notebook)
  • Rule update check (Jerry)
    • can we touch opponent’s relic
  • REV app demonstration (Abhishek)
  • Strategy discussion/show prototypes/test prototypes
  • 3D printing planning
  • Programming planning, tips and tricks (Brandon)
• Tune autonomous program for the robot
• Sign off Engineering Notebook Septement entries with Managers and Coach before leaving the meeting

Action Items: (Blue means completed, Black means ongoing and Red means uncompleted)

• General
  • Ray: update Inspiration notebook executive summary per feedback
  • Everyone: send biography to Ray to be included in the engineering notebook
  • Anthony/Austin: complete the event description in Inspiration notebook
  • Anthony/Melody: work through the team invitation issue
• Hardware
  • Austin: complete the linear slide and document in the engineering notebook
  • Melody: document the test performance of the grabler, planned improvements in engineering notebook;
  • Melody: document Anderson connector crimping steps in engineering notebook
  • Audrey: determine the needed length and material; build the jewel ball mechanism, complete the testing and document in the engineering notebook
  • Derek: complete building the scissor mechanism and drive it with a servo to show the extension range, document in the engineering notebook
• Software
  • Anthony: work on autonomous programming tuning with encoder, detect the pictography and select the proper navigation path; document in the engineering notebook
  • Ray: work on teleop programming, implemented the few tips taught by Brandon during the meeting
• CAD
  • Max: update the robot system envelope based on latest Robot design with transparent color; document in the engineering notebook
  • Max: create the 3D model of the cable holder and document in the engineering notebook