This week I spent a lot of time in Tech Spark prototyping the camera mount and gripper mount for the gantry as well as refining the gripper model itself. Juan and I ran into a small issue with the stepper motor we planned to use to raise and lower the gripper; the maximum rpm of the motor is far too slow and will prevent us from meeting the time constraints we have outlined to quantify successful execution of our project.
This week I will look into an alternative motor for the z motion of the gripper. I will also be working on implementing the website layout Luis has drawn up. Juan and I will also setup the timing belt in the gantry system and test the x-y motion. I will finish laser cutting the camera mount and assembling it this week too.