Week 2 Progress Summary

During the week of November 11-15, team Rubber Band Gunner met on Wednesday, November 13 and Thursday, November 14. At both meetings, all team members were present. The team managed to complete a few important tasks at these team meetings, with the help of some independent work outside of the meetings from all team members.

First, the team finalized the basic design idea of a rubber band gun controlled by a servo motor (described in detail in previous post). The team also created a basic Arduino code to control the servo motor's position with a push button, as well as operate an LED and LCD screen (also described in detail in previous post). Along with these two tasks, the team began creation, on SolidWorks, of the gear belonging to the mechanism. The only thing currently missing from the gear's design is a center hole with proper dimensions, so that it can fit onto a servo motor.

For next week, the team plans to continue developing the entire mechanism in SolidWorks, starting with a center hole for the gear attached to the servo motor. The mechanism's design on SolidWorks will also include a rod to hold one end of the rubber bands, and a base to make sure that the entire mechanism is stable when performing its task.