Weekly Spotlights

This page is a collection of weekly spotlights that highlight the progress of the Mechanics team. Each spotlight is a summary of the work done by the team in a week.

2025-04-03

Done:

• Finish main aluminum profile structure to increase the height of the xArm and to add more support points in the DashGo to avoid the robot overturn.
• Add tags to the robot voltmeters and switches.
• Meeting with Dr. Enrique Cuan for possible research paper collaboration.

In progress:

• Fix gripper design to operate to the servo range from 0 to 120° due to an error in our specific servo unit.
• Reprint gripper pieces with the aforementioned fix.
• Test the improvements of the new structure and do fixes accordingly.
• Finish new Robot cover design to comply with the new structure.