Ted’s Status Report for 03/07/2026

This week, we were mainly focused on finishing the design report before break. I mainly worked on the testing requirements and other miscellaneous sections, while collaborating with the rest of my group mates for the system implementation and architecture sections. I also ordered most of the parts needed for the physical rail assembly, as I’m hoping to buy the plywood needed from Techspark. I finished researching what type of motor specifications we would need, and also met with Dr. Dueck and our SOM collaborators to get some important feedback that would be helpful for our design. The feedback from our collaborators included questions about ideal placements of our UWB nodes, languages used in singing, possible coordination in script and camera movements, preference over camera focus, and preference on camera shift count. I’ve also begun designing some pulley and gears we might need for our belt design in CAD, and should be ready to print them out according to schedule. We are still on schedule, and I hope to begin the physical construction of our rail before next week once all parts are ordered and delivered. We are slightly behind schedule, but that’s mainly due to the fact that we forgot about spring break when designing our schedule. Our slack time makes up for this, and we should still be on track with some extra slack time left in case there are any other delays.