What I accomplished this week:
The majority of my time for the first half of this week was spent working on the ethics assignment.
I also further discussed with Iqui about creating the soft case on Thursday; specifically, he gave me suggestions on how to design the mold for the case. I plan on making a case similar to this design:
I have never 3D printed anything before, so I spent a lot of time this week doing research on how to get started with 3D printing and making a CAD design for a mold that can get 3D printed. I went through multiple beginner SolidWorks Tutorials as well as a LinkedIn Learning introductory tutorial to become familiar with the software to use it for making a CAD of the mold.
On schedule?
No, I am behind schedule for prototype fabrication. The plan was to finish developing a few different versions of the case by the end of this week, but I was set back due to the learning curve of how to use CAD and 3D printing, since I have never done either before. To catch up, I have already done multiple tutorials on how to use SolidWorks, so I feel more confident in being able to easily make a design for the mold. I will meet with Iqui again earlier next week (Monday or Tuesday) to get feedback on the mold design and 3D print it by Wednesday so that the soft case can be completed by Friday.
Objectives for next week:
- CAD 3 different versions of the soft case mold to be printed by Wednesday
- Meet with Iqui to get feedback on the deign for the mold before printing
- Fabricate the soft case using the molds and the liquid silicone that was delivered last week
- Write up an official experimental/testing protocol for the prototype testing (treamill walking, motion capture, overground walking scenarios)
- Get feedback from Dr. Halilaj if any adjustments need to be made for the experimental protocol before officially conducting tests