Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2016-2017”
UAV Forge has made a task timeline to help synchronize each of the team’s progress. It’s a definite eye-opener on where the work is being down and why some teams are behind in their tasks. Week 4 is another result of slow progress. The Propulsion team has assembled and tested the plane’s 2nd motor. They encountered an unusual balancing issue. …
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During this week, our project is finalized with the control design perspective instead of the aerodynamic design. Beside that, our helicopter DBF team has: 1. Received the pixhawk and started on learning the interface of the pixhawk. We have never had any experience in pixhawk or even setting up a control system. Hence, we seeked advice from a PhD student …
Autonomous Boat Week 5 Update It’s week 5 and the team continuing the construction of the powertrain systems. The goal is to have the craft finished by the end of this quarter so that it can complete its journey from California to Catalina. We have everyone working on their own respective parts and the categories below best summarize the overall …
Last week we started the construction of the tank. There were some minor set backs because we did not have the proper tools to cut the wood and PVC pipes. We started initial cuts for the tank’s walls. However, we still need to sand the parts down. Pictured is our Manufacturing Officer, Timothy Kelly, cutting part of the tank. Bon …
This week we did more testing! When testing the spooler, we realized that the plastic is not hot enough to extrude. Any temperature at which the plastic melted showed that the PLA was stretching and thinning out. Tried to add a base between extruder and spooler, but plastic would stick to surface. We also tested different types of shreds: finer …
This week the Thermal Orientation Testbed team worked to continue to make improvements to the structure and accuracy of the testbed. Our controls team worked to mount limit switches to control the rotation of the test bed. They are also looking into a emergency stop for safety and for an inclinometer which will help us monitor the orientation of the …
This week, we selected the sponsors that we needed to manufacture MPOWRD. For the tube bending of the frame, we chose Tube Technology. This small company helped create the lever arms. Due to the very small size of the company, there was very limited information on the company history available on the Internet. For the power coating frame, we chose …
The housing has been redesigned, it has been made larger and with an additional tube for the food dispensing has been incorporated to provide the supplement cartridges with more space so that they can be placed above the food bowl. Ideally, we will have four supplement cartridges each being 30 mL, the food storage compartment is to hold 3lb to …
This week materials for the production of prototypes have arrived, each group member will initiate the production of their subsystems. Subsystem one, she has begun by modifying the manual food dispenser. The two main components are the food storage container and a motor. The food dispenser mechanism has begun testing and was found to dispenses ¼ cup with some error. …
This week, UAV Forge has begun working to improve their organization and task-management system. With a progress discussion with the UCI Senior Design Project management, we were motivated to improve our work by addressing the lack structure we have in this project. As they say, you’ll only get what you put in. So we are working hard to accomplish our …
