So for the majority of last week we were working on confirming the plans for our texture reading rig. The point of it being reading a part of the city that is not usually explored and one that played a big part in the development of humankind as a species. Our sense of touch is a much under appreciated component in our daily lives. The whole point of the bot is to use the flex sensors to effectively feel the city and turn the data it collects into some sort of physical output. In this way we can create a kinetic display that represents a part of the world that was lost.
So now that I have a purpose I spent the day working on getting our newly acquired Arduino board wired up and working with Max. A collaboration between myself and Nick led to us getting the sensors working and inputing their data.
At the end of the day we went up to the 3D labs to check out the processes that we will need when we start producing tomorrow and everything seems strait forward. The 6mm bar did seem kind of flimsy but we will find out soon enough if we will need to swap it out for a more solid material.
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