2nd Semester Week 6: 03/013 - 03/020

For week 6, there was a continuation of the first presentation for those teams who have not finished presenting. The presentation took almost half of the class time, so the team discussed a few things to stay on track with each other. First of all, the team received the Juliet adaptor pin for our controller, and we gave it to the controls team so that they can start working on the controller as soon as possible. Other than that, we also worked on the shaft that we are trying to fix so that we can send the drawing to Central Shop for manufacture. Last but not least, we talked about future plans such as testing out the motor and setting up deadlines on when we need to finish manufacturing and assembling the case, shaft, and motor together for Makers Faire.

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