Mercy Surgical Robot at Roseburg Library/ Saturday 9/21/19 Meeting

Date: Saturday, September 21st, 2019
Agenda: See Mercy Surgical Robot at Roseburg Library/ Build Field Set
In Attendance: Coach Cynde, Mentor Aidan, Sean, Liam, Tristan, Lilly
Note Taker: Lilly
Reflection: We went to the Roseburg Library to see the Mercy Surgical Robot. We had an in-depth discussion about the danger of using a robot for surgery and whether a robot should be trusted over a human, and how the unemployment rate will increase when more robots enter the workforce. The robot arm was very impressive and articulated in multiple directions. In comparison, our collection arm should be able to rotate the grabber and be mounted to an arm that lifts up and down. We liked looking at the 4 servos inside the robot arm that control it’s motion. We didn’t stay to get a turn using the arm because the line was long, we felt we had observed enough, and we were anxious to get back and have our meeting.

Aidan joined us back at the meeting and one of our discussions was about the speed of the motors. And whether or not we need new motors. We discussed trying to buy ew gear boxes (20 to 1) to increase the speed. Looking on Andy Mark, those gear boxes were no longer available. We then discussed that being more symmetrical, balanced and lighter weight should make us move faster without increased motors. We would like to buy some of the new Ultraplanetary Gear box sets from Rev Robotics once they become available. In the meantime, we will stay with our motors.

Everyone worked together to build the bridge for the field.
Aidan and Sean looked at Tensorflow but could not find the links to update it to Skystone. They may not be available, yet. We may need to learn how to manipulate Tensorflow.

Connie worked on a points board that shows the possible points for Autonomous, Driver Controlled period and End Game. Coach Cynde drew up a timeline of our meetings and future meets.