Unfortunately, as we have yet to receive feedback from the design presentation, we weren’t able to make an adjustments to our design plans this week. We did add some items to our BOM, such as power supply units. Because we removed wheels from our BOM, these costs can be easily absorbed into our remaining budget.
Our main risks going forward are centered in the structural section and motor control section. For structure, it’s unclear if our current setup will fully support the gantry weight, but we are planning on mitigating this risk by building and testing it early enough that we have time to add additional supports. For motor control, we may need some more parts or attachments to make the motors function correctly. Again, we are mitigating this issue by finding these flaws as early as next week.
Next week the team will complete the design report, website, and CAD, and will work on motor control, planning, and construction.