What I personally accomplished this week:
Now that we FINALLY have our new batteries and power distribution system, I assembled a basic version of our vehicle with all of the parts other than the speakers. The mountings were done with cardboard and tape as a basic test of what our final product should be. I also began investigating alternatives to our current pan tilt implementation to avoid as much of the camera’s view being cut off. This is discussed further in our group report.
Progress status:
We have delayed the speaker additions for now because the assembly and movement is a more pressing issue. We experienced more difficulties in getting properly working movement than expected, and will fix this by working on 3/22/26.
Deliverables for next week:
Learn 3d printing to make better mounting hardware for vehicle
Continue Work on construction of interim demo tests and setup.
Integrate speakers after movement works.