February 14, 2015
We started the day doing a two legged walking test. It wasn’t very successful, so Joseph, Cole, and Tony spent a good amount of time trying to figure out why. One big puzzle is that without the foot the legs work really well, but when the foot is attached control is very difficult. We wondered if the problem was that we are standing on the foot, so to test that theory we started building a new C-shaped foot so that both you and the suit are supported by the ground.
Cole cutting the steel tubing for the new foot design.
Measuring how long the ankle should be.
The new foot design attached to the armature.
Ed, Conner, and Sammy began designing and prototyping the hand, and rethinking control of the arms:
Conner also shared a design he’s been working on for an augmented reality (AR) display that will can be used to monitor performance of the suit:
Gabriel took the lead on designing the (hopefully final) control board. Each board is designed to control one limb:
