This week, students focused on bringing their projects into final form, making the smaller adjustments and finishing touches that elevate good work into great.
Echo documented progress in a post titled “Final Touches – Week of 10/20.” The focus was on polishing a prototype enclosure for an environmental sensor array. After completing major construction, most of the week was spent smoothing edges, re-printing the final cover, and checking alignment of the LED indicators. The acrylic panels required one more iteration: the top cover’s fastener holes were slightly offset from the standoffs, so the holes were enlarged by 0.5 mm and retested for fit. The internal LED bargraph was also wired and confirmed to respond correctly to humidity and particulate-matter readings. With functional tests successful, the next step is to program subtle fade-in animations for the LEDs and finalize documentation for manufacturing.
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Meanwhile, Adam described progress in a post titled “Week 10/20–10/24.” Adam reported that the robotic arm for material handling is now fully assembled and operational—“The joints move smoothly, the end-effector picks and places reliably, and the control interface responds without lag.” The final stretch involved tidying wiring and calibrating the inertial sensor mount. One small improvement came when the wrist joint’s cable bundle restricted movement; relocating the harness and applying a spiral wrap solved the issue. With those refinements complete, Adam plans to test a full pick-and-place cycle with objects of varying sizes next week.
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The Sophomores continued to work on hand drafting with Mr. L.
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