Helena Project Update 15

Week 8

Project Update 15

Progress

This week was focused on preparing the payload to build the configuration space. On Tuesday I went to the required Senior Design class. I wrote and practiced pitching and talking about the Hephaestus project. After class I talked to McGrath about getting motors with encoders to build the Configuration Space. He gave us three motors that we can back-drive and hook up to an arduino. Later in the day on Tuesday I worked with the Pathfinding and Automation team to prepare the payload to build the C-Space. I bought foam board and cut out pieces of it to line the payload. With this complete, we need to attach the motors to the arm and the arduino then read the values from the motor.

Plans

The next week will mostly be working on the C-Space more and the arm control software. I will be starting by writing arduino code that we can use to build the C-Space. I will be working on that this weekend. Once that is complete, we will build the C-Space. After we have the C-Space, I will start the arm control software that will plot the path through the C-Space and move the arm along the path.

Problems

None.