Week 1 (8/26 – 8/30)
- Joined the enterprise!
- Reviewed all associated materials for the Husky Clean project
- Set up necessary items on website for the semester
- Met with team members to establish a meeting time and project details
- Went through miscellaneous parts to be used for the upcoming project
- Briefly toured the lab to see what equipment is available for use
Week 2 (9/2 – 9/6)
- Met with team to create project spec for the semester
- Went over assigned tasks
- In Albuquerque 9/4 – 9/7 due to grad school conference
Week 3 (9/9 – 9/13)
To-do list for the coming week:
- Begin full CAD model for the Shop Vac
- Create vacuum body, bladder, and LiDAR in assembly
- Determine what version of ROS will be used on the Pi
- Assist in creating a specific Gantt Chart track to build progress
- Figure out how battery, electronics, and water systems will route around the robot
(Please pardon my terrible drawing)
Possible Concerns
- Layout, parts, and functionality are still way too vague
- Still need to figure out the battery, motors, and bladder system
- Workload distribution may be a bit uneven – still hard to tell at the moment