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Week 1: 5/13/2025
Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time: 11:47 AM

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Agenda:

• Review syllabus

• Discuss Project Progress

• Discuss Report Expectations

 

Meeting Summary:

During our first meeting of Senior Design with Dr. Hall, we reviewed expectations for the senior design course and evaluated our current progress. Dr. Hall provided guidance on how to align our written report with course standards, ensuring clarity, structure, and professionalism throughout. We discussed strategies for refining our documentation and set clear deliverables to meet upcoming milestones.

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Deliverables:

1. Prepare a rough draft of the updated design report including:

   • Title page​

   • Table of Contents

   • List of Tables

   • Chapter 1: Introduction

   • Chapter 2: Background

   • Rough Draft of Chapter 3 

2. Continue Final Assembly of the project to prepare for testing.

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Week 2: 5/20/2025
Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time: 11:37 AM

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Agenda:

• Review report progress

• Discuss project assembly

• Review Project modifications

 

Meeting Summary:

In this week’s meeting, the team discussed the progress of the report, the current status of the project assembly, and reviewed design changes being made during the build process. Dr. Hall and the group members agreed on several key action items to be completed by the following week. These include fully building the chassis, finding and integrating a suitable emergency stop switch, assembling the rocker-bogie suspension system, and continuing to draft Chapter 3 of the report.

 

Deliverables:

1. Finalize Chassis ​

2. Continue Drafting Report (Chapter 3)

3. Find Emergency Stop Button

4. Assemble Rocker Bogie

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Week 3: 5/27/2025
Start Time: 11:00 AM
End Time: 11:33 AM

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Agenda:

• Review assembly progress

• Identify missing components

• Begin system testing

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Meeting Summary:
In this week’s meeting, the team reviewed the progress made on the assembly. The right side of the rocker-bogie system was successfully completed, but the group encountered setbacks preventing full assembly of the left side. These delays were primarily due to missing components, including the motor shaft hub and a suitable connecting rod for attaching the chassis to the rocker. Initial testing for communication with the Raspberry Pi was initiated using SSH. The team agreed on the upcoming tasks, which include completing the full rocker-bogie assembly and starting movement tests on the 5-axis robotic arm.

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Deliverables:

1. Finish Rocker-Bogie Assembly

2. Acquire Missing Hub and Connecting Rod

3. Begin Testing 5-Axis Arm Movements

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Week 4: 6/3/2025

Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time:  AM


 

Deliverables: ​

1. Start programing movement with the motors

2. Finalize Brush Mechanism

3. Get more wire/Terminal Blocks

4. Test the battery with Buck Converters

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Week 5: 6/10/2025

Start Time: 11:00 AM

End Time:  11:42 AM

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Meeting Summary:

During this week’s meeting, we reviewed our assembly progress with Dr. Hall and discussed the current status of the project. We also went over our block diagrams and discussed Dr. Ejaz’s suggestions with Dr. Hall to rename them for clarity. The updated titles are now “Arm/Electromechanical Module Block Diagram” and “Drive/Electromechanical Module Block Diagram.” Our primary deliverables for the upcoming days include getting the rover operational, completing the brush assembly, and contacting the UCF Exolith Lab to coordinate scheduling for future testing.

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Deliverables: ​

1. Get the rover driving and operational

2. Finish assembling the brush

3. Reach out to UCF Exolith Lab

4. Coordinate and plan future testing with the UCF Exolith Lab

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