Progress Update After Presentation #1

For the meeting on September 30, my sub-team conducted the first presentation on the steering/braking mechanism and guideway. The goal of the first presentation was for us to introduce the objectives of the team, what challenges are ahead of us, and what responsibilities and tasks we need to take to progress. Although we had relatively enough content for the presentation, our style did not meet the format for the most part. Following the presentation, I observed the presentations of the other groups and looked more into the assertive presentation style online in order for us to learn from our mistakes and improve on our next presentation.        

For the following days after the presentation, time was spent to conduct more research on different types of actuators and their specifications. I also looked into how servos work and how to size them. Furthermore, more sketches were made for the switching mechanism since we have not concluded on how our final design of the switching mechanism will look like. For inspiration, I tried not to only look at previous years' reports but also from other sources.