This week we had a working fire test!!!
Using the preliminary collimator we made out of duct tape and cardstock we were able to extinguish 3 candles at once. We were a little concerned about this test as the collimator was made of a flammable material so the test was conducted at a further distance than we originally planned. Not only that, the collimator itself was longer than we have planned for our final design. This indicates that with our final design being shorter and more fire-safe we can likely put our significantly larger fires than 3 candles at once.
This coming week we plan to start integrating the basics of out project to start preparing for our interim demo. We hope to have the demo be us extinguishing fire from the speaker mounted in some non-final form on the robot which we drive with a keyboard.