User:Mongrest/Power Wheel Individual Weekly Update

Project Preference
Power wheel maker bot pla

Problem Statement
my group will be working on the autonomous power wheel. the overall goal of this project it to make the power wheel provided, be completely autonomous and be able to navigate away from obstacles. we will be working on the design step

Project Plan
our plan is to perfect the steering mechanism and have a functional gas pedal system

Week 1 Narrative
Ok so first thing we decided to do is try out the steering mechanism that was designed by the previous group. what we did was to hook up the in room power supply (because all of the 12v batteries that were available were completely dead)to the arduino motor shield and noticed that the mechanism did not turn but we could hear the motor trying to turn every 6 seconds. this told us that the programming was working b/c the delay in the program was 6 seconds.

upon inspection of the motor unit it seemed that the gear part was jammed on the bumper that the previous group designed. the next step involved me unscrewing the mechanism from the plywood and then proceeded to take apart the mechanism to better understand how to get it to function properly. i had to unscrew 3 golden looking 8mm hex bolts to be able to remove the gear part from the motor. i then placed it in the vice and used a hammer to un-jam the gear. i then reassembled it and talked with my other group members ideas on how to prevent it from getting stuck again. we concluded that we have to extend the bumpers so that they wont get stuck in the slot where the gear slides again.

Week 2 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''

Week 3 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''

Week 4 Narrative
''Describe in detail what you did for your team during the week (and weekend). Link to any CDIO documents you are working on. Compare your task (from CDIO discuss page) with what you actually did.''