Milestones

toc =**Milestone 1: Nov 6th**= - Accomplished //Research on the components and materials required//

· General design of the arm · Servos · Force sensors · Micro-controller · Material for the body

=**Milestone 2: Nov 13th**= - Accomplished //Understand how the components work//

· Research for the exact specs needed for the MCU. · Research for the exact servos needed depending on the torque required at each joint. · Research how the force sensors work and how to send the force signal back to the controlling arm · Research for collision detection sensors

=**Milestone 3: Nov 20th**= - Accomplished //Further research on the components//

· Research on power supply (using transformers). · Signal processing from the force sensors and the servos.

=**Milestone 4: Dec 4th**= - Accomplished

· Final Design · Report Submission

=**Milestone 5: Jan 15th**= //Initialize testing//

· Design power supply. · Design the grippers using servos. · Test signals from the servos of the controlling arm. · Build the controlling arm and test the servos again.

=**Milestone 6: Feb 19th**= //Algorithm Structure//

· Algorithm to control the servos of the second arm according to the respective servos in the controlling arm.

=**Milestone 7: Feb 26th**=

· Build the second arm · Algorithm for controlling the force sensors · Algorithm for controlling the collision detection