Joseph Jang’s Status Report for 4/30
For this week and last week, I have worked on the three main behaviors for the robotic arm and tuning them. The three main behaviors are handling raw meats, flipping half-cooked meats, and handling done meats. Since those three functions can work for one piece of meat, I have created the part of the software controller and integration where these events can be put into a queue system. We will soon test on a real grill and meats. I will also have to take videos of each action for the video. I also ordered a DC power supply that can turn an AC input into a DC input of 12 V and a maximum of 20 A. This will help to provide the robot with a consistent current draw and avoid electronics from browning out. I have also presented the final presentation, which I think went pretty smoothly.
Team Status Report for 4/30
Jasper is working from home on the poster because he is still down with a Covid-related illness.
Raymond and Joseph are both working in the lab in person to integrate all subsystems together and to test the integrated system. Progress still needs to be made before final video and final demo day. Specifically, new realities about the demo location and feedback from the final presentation necessitated some changes to our design.
We hope to get one meat case done and filmable by May 4.