Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “2016-2017”
This week was our first meeting for Winter Quarter 2017. Over break, we contacted members of last year’s team who built the original Rover 6 robot for help on our copy. After receiving instructions over break, we reconfigured our second Rover 6 in this week’s meetings. In addition, we were able to name the 3 6-wheeled chassis, “Carlorado”, as we …
We just received the molding package. The hand molding will be finished this weekend and be used for 3D Scanning in the Ayala Library. We spoke to Terry Wang this afternoon, it turned out that there is a few things we need to do, such as the specific timeline for this quarter (what is the task and deadline for each …
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Hello readers, Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, we are excited to be back and continue our project. A few weeks ago, we had the idea of mounting a laptop behind the flight simulator to make it self-contain and easy to transport; however, after some time and debate, we thought about the main goal of the project: “to give the user …
The Modular CubeSat project was super busy over winter quarter and we have a lot to show for. First, we just recently became a finalist for Motorola’s “Transform the Smartphone” Challenge! With this achievement we will be receiving the main heart of our satellite, a Motorola Z, and a development kit for free from Lenovo. This gives us an opportunity …
“Fall quarter was engaging and full of discoveries.” “Fall quarter was bumpy, but essential.” “Fall quarter taught me more about teamwork and perseverance.” As you can see from our team, Fall quarter was a learning and growing experience together, and we’ve since then taken what we’ve learned from and restructured to make ourselves more efficient and productive. We’ve abolished the …
After this break, the Electric Racecar team is in full throttle as we finalize the design for our battery box design. We spent all last quarter, constantly designing and redesigning the box while also following the extensive number of rules in the FSAE rulebook. The exterior and interior walls are made from steel that are then lined with fireproof and …
With the start of winter quarter the electric racing team has switched its focus from the electrical systems to the mechanical systems. Thor will be using a double wishbone suspension since that allows us to maintain a reasonable camber while the wheels travel up and down. So far the suspension team has finished preliminary designs for all four uprights and …
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After the long break, the Greywater Recycling team is ready to get back to work. Wrapping up last quarter, we had completed the first draft of our design, schematics, bill of materials, and other important documents. This quarter our focus is to finalize our design and begin prototyping and testing. We are still missing an accurately assembled CAD model as …
UAV Forge kicks off Winter 2017 with our first meeting last Friday. Our leader, Cheng, has big goals for our teams: to be one of five projects selected to present at the Winter Design Review. Cheng wants to exhibit each of the team’s best work.The project has been making good progress and Cheng believes the team can complete the major …
Our first week for the Winter quarter centered around continuing to work with the electromyography(EMG) capabilities to control a whole prosthetic hand, as well as testing the structural integrity of our current finger design. There may be a limiting factor in the way that basic EMG sensors allow us to control multiple sensors. To pick up a variety of signals …
