TEAM MEETINGS LOG SHEET

Project Name: NASA (Shih)

Team #: 13

Meeting #: 11

Date: 10/13/2008

Discussions:

• Meeting with Customer
• We presented the Customer with our final product for the Concept Design Deliverable. This included the concept screening and scoring.
• As earlier stated, the customers input would make the final decision once we narrowed down our concepts and we discussed the customer’s needs further to make sure we were doing exactly what the customer wanted
• The scope of the project was clarified and that narrowed down our concepts down to two that were within the range and the customer left us to decide on the concept to run with
• The clarification to design was that the customer wanted a flapping wing robot because it is unique and would require more design skill and mechanics but would not require us to integrate a surveillance or autonomy system. That could be worked out later in the design or even in later projects
• The customer reiterated his motivations and that was to design a flapping wing is more important than sticking to the “competition”.
• This clarification was given because after the concept screening and scoring a rotary wing ended up being the best decision for the surveillance vehicle because of the ease of control and steady nature. The customer said that would be fine but a surveillance and autonomous system would have to be integrated and that would require less mechanics and more controls design.
• After the meeting with the customer the team decided that making a flapping wing design without the integrated systems is much more feasible than trying to integrate something and have to design the flying mechanism from scratch. The only reason the rotary wing was more feasible was because the importance was centered on its functionality for the competition.
• A dragonfly inspired design was selected by the team as our concept to continue with in the design process.

Deliverables:

• Gave the customer a copy of the concept screening and scoring

Comments/Suggestions:

• Consider re-doing the concept screening and scoring with the customers clarified motivations in mind to better choose a flapping wing design.