Potential Risks and Risk Management
The risks remain the same as they were last week. We were hoping to get started with the conveyor belt build as soon as Monday’s lab, but some of the necessary components did not arrive by then. We will be working over the weekends to compensate. Additionally, we were unable to access some of our project’s remaining components as they were stored in ANSYS Hall prior to break due to ECE Inventory running out of red bins. We received word the building will be re-opened on Monday.
Overall Design Changes
No major design changes have been made since the last Team Status Report.
Schedule
We are slightly behind schedule when it comes to the mechanical portion of the project, especially due to shipment delays mentioned in Progress Update. We hope to continue building over the weekend (previously labeled as slack time) in addition to beyond the scheduled class time to compensate.
Progress Update
We have obtained the remainder of the project’s mechanical components as of Friday. Due to unfortunate shipping complications that were beyond our control, the belt’s physical infrastructure did not arrive by Monday. We did, however, begin familiarizing ourselves with the project’s actuators (the servo and DC motor) as they arrived on time. Furthermore, we have started 3D printing the necessary belt components using the 3D filament that arrived earlier this week.