Hi everyone! In the beginning of the spring quarter, the team met together to detail a schedule to successfully complete our MVP to be used by UCIPD during an emergency crisis on campus. The main tasks for the manufacturing team are to design and manufacture a tether system to be contained inside a pelican case. Issues observed from our MVP …

Hi everyone, As a recap from last week, the manufacturing team and the circuitry/controls team were working independently to put finishing touches to our respective designs and prepare to combine the two designs together. This week, as we finished preparing our presentation for the winter peer review, we immediately began the process of putting the reeling system together. Results came …

Hi everyone, Last week, we received most of our equipment needed to begin manufacturing our MVP Prototype. We have spent these past two weeks taking what we learned from our proof of concept to improve upon our design. In order to get the most efficiency out of our short time, we divided our work meetings to the manufacturing team and …

Hi everyone, Last week, our team was able to construct and complete a proof of concept in order to gauge the feasibility of our concept in the real world environment. As seen in the photo, the motor is connected to the spool via a screw set, and we were able to successfully spin the spool no problem. The motor is …

Hi Everyone, Here is a weekly update on the winter quarter progress of the drone tethering team. Last week, each member were assigned roles in 4 subteams, comprising of (1) the control system, (2) the circuitry, (3) the encapsulment, and (4) the reeling system design. The control team is responsible for implementing a PID control to provide constant tension on …