Ted’s Status Report for 02/14/2026

This week, I’ve been working on our design presentation and finalizing our physical rail design. I’ve been working on interfacing our motor control with the RPi, using a VESC motor controller usb-c connection to communicate with and control the DC motors. Depending on compatibility with other modules, we might swap to using motor drivers instead for movement. We are thinking about a three motor system with each motor assigned for lateral movement, one for pivoting, and one for tilting. We are currently still on schedule, with design finalization expected to be done by next week after the design presentation and report. I’m hoping to finish a CAD diagram of the physical system before the next status report to have a clear and easily editable design that my team can use for info. I’ve started design on the physical implementation, and am hoping to experiment more and finetune once we order and receive parts.