January 10, 2015
A group photo at the end of the day.
Another step closer to walking (pun intended). Cole implemented proportional speed control of the pneumatic cylinders in an attempt to avoid overshoot:
and Ed sewed the elastic straps used to connect the slide potentiometers to the wearer:
Cole then sewed the straps onto the potentiometers:
The test was MUCH better than last week, but there is still quite a bit of refinement to do.
The other main activity today was preparing for the Kickstarter campaign. Thelonius started setting up our Kickstarter project page, including backer levels and gifts:
Joseph and Gabriel worked on the script for the Kickstarter video, and once the shooting was done Joseph began the editing process:
Next week we’ll work on completing the Kickstarter project, and we’ll tweak the control aspects of walking.