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.