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Wasnt able to edit on it, but yesterday's notes (1/15) are for 1/14, not 1/15

• Beak Mechanism

    - We have decided to 4 bars of lexan instead of petals, as that would serve the same purposes with less complexity

    - We are going to use a piston with up to a 4" stroke (tbd by cad) to push open and close the petals, the center of the piston is centered in the center of the beak

    - The beak piston will be mounted to the backstop that is behind the beak mechanism

    - The backstop must be large enough to encompass the center hole of the hatch panel

    - The length from the tip of the beak to the backstop will be 4"

    - The tip of the beak mechanism will be in line with the edge of the frame perimeter

- Sled

    - Sled piston needs 8" stroke to extend the backstop to the edge of the bumpers 

    - The sled piston will allow for the backstop of the beak mechanism to be flushed to the hatches of all of the following: Cargo Ship (Front and sides), Rocket Ship, and Loading Station

    - There will be 4 channels projecting back into the robot, attached to the backstop, which will have to have 8" extension past the back rollerbearing

    - The channels on the sled are constrained by the roller bearings on the vertical posts of the cart

• Slider

    - We have decided to follow the horizontally moving cart, along with the sled pushed by a piston
    - Pictures of new design on drive
    - Design Change: The entire sled will have 4 bars on the sides that will roll forward 8 inches after being pushed by a single piston behind the sled on a plate (For visual representation see pictures)

• We need to decide whether or not we should prototype the beak mechanism, or if we are sure it will be functional
• Need to start prototyping the cart/sled/slider

Horizontal Slide
• Adapt the current prototype to create the latest design 
• Create a sled and cart, along with the chain to include horizontal adjustment
• After prototype is done, test and add anything that needs to be added/fixed

Other Tasks

Record test data

Go through all designs and make sure every single one is on the drive

Record and discuss pros and cons and modify prototype based on testing data (We have pros & cons but now we need to record data for tests for multiple prototypes that we have considered to be our best designs).

If done with the first prototype, sort and rank the remaining designs, and create prototypes for the best.

Begin thinking about which prototype we want to begin building/further testing.

Yes, on schedule, design is done.