This week the Addtronics team continued updating all aspects of the project such as the GUI, mechanical components, and electronics. We have also continued steadily working on testing out our individual components and refining the design to be as effective and simple as possible. Most recently we have begun our lid lifting testing to ensure the components will be strong enough to lift a transformer pad lid. This will also help determine if the mechanical interface and other components are rigid enough and mounted securely enough to withstand the stress produced by lifting. The video demonstrates our initial testing which shows that some adjustments need to be made in order to effectively complete our task. Since this testing, we have been replacing electrical components and modifying our wiring. We have begun soldering and plan to use a printed circuit board (PCB) in our final product to improve reliability. Our current overall goals are to design our final product for testing and reliability. We want to make sure that our product is able to meet the criteria for effective task completion in a reliable manner.