What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
The most significant risk is on the integration between our slider actuator and Arduino controlled motors. Currently we do not know whether they will coordinate well, so test will be done next week. We already have a fall back plan, that is another type of off the shelf motor that comes with with linear gear. The motor is relatively slow compared to other solutions, but we know it can be easily used.
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system
Depending on the result of the hardware-software integration, we will decide whether to scale down the project or not next week.
No Schedule update at this time