11-23 Week Progress

Everyone is getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. Milestone 7 was due on Monday. We were asked to demonstrate working Most Critical Module, and the outline of plan for the rest of manufacturing, and we made some significant progress.

First, we created the scissor linkage, which we will use for our MCM. We considered the linkage to be MCM because our machine's primary functional requirement is to block the opponent using the linkage. The plates are made out of acryllic plates. We cut out 12 plates and assembled them with screws and nuts.


Then there was the assembly of the cart. We made many connecting pieces and bearings for the base of the cart and shafts. One problem we encountered was that the sizes are different for the gears and the wheels, so mounting shaft was a big issue. Also, alignment of holes was also unexpected when we mounted the base to the cart.