15.6.15

Thesis: The thesis is on hold for the rest of the week whilst I put my efforts into the animatronic build

Build: Progress on the control system for the animatronic model has progressed exponentially thanks to help from my lecturer. I now have a great base to work from for solidifying and grounding the new control system ready for application in the model. The system works via taking signals from the r.c module and the Ardunio board and using a relay sensor. This will allow accurate fluctuation between autonomous and manned operations. 1.1

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Feelings: I currently feel very happy with the current situation of both projects, I will spend the rest of the week perfecting this system and advancing the eye mechanism.

Evaluation: This session was a good experience it has been a few weeks since I last had a supervision session due to circumstances out of my control. I was very pleased to get to sit down with my tutor again and I feel that things can start getting back on track over the next few weeks before the summer holidays kick in and I have 6 weeks unsupervised. 

Analysis: The current position of the project makes sense, I think I am about on schedule for completion so I will keep trying to progress at this pace. 

Conclusion: I feel that this session has been very progressive there is nothing I would have particularly done differently. However there was an issue regarding the transportation of the model to university. I had a similar issue with my last project when transporting the robot from my house to university. I found the my bad was getting knocked around alot and that I had to place the robot and my bag on the luggage rack. The result of this was that one of the eye loops for the rod mechanism came loose. To address this issue for future transport I will take the robot in a hardcase that I had purchased for the last robotic system. 

Action Plan: Test the mechanism at home and try and get the system grounded and working more solidly. Finish the eye mechanism and test system stability using r.c control.