Week 11: Prototyping & Experimentation

A photo collage of our action items this week including our testbench of wood and metal components and destructive testing.

This week we continued with our experimentation plans in our subteams. The main goal for this week was to model our design’s components in Solidworks and work on physical deliverables for the prototype inspection day next week. During this presentation for engineering faculty and our coaches, we hope to gain valuable feedback on the feasibility of our designs and show them our current progress. Before then, we had a few last minute tests that required machining in the Herbert Wertheim Lab and empirical calculations for the forces and torques that our design will experience during operation. Specifically, we were able to put our testbench design together using woodworking and metal cutting on the waterjet. This was a super cool experience, and we can’t wait to present our work!

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