Meeting Minutes 9/20/2015

Robot Game:

• We decided to work on the missions that uses motor first (Mission 2 and Mission 9)
• We decided to work on Mission 9 first to get an easy start
• We discussed criteria that a base must have:

Consistent
Accurate
Tops must fit on base easily
Motors must be able to connect to base easily
Must be fitting size
Must be heavy enough
Wire neatly coiled
Sensors should be added on the base (maximum 4 sensors)
Sensors and motors must be well protected
Base needs to be made of square or rectangular shapes
Base has to be compact

Project:

• We narrowed down to 3 problems

Packaging

Paint Disposal

Food Waste 

• For packaging problem, we have reached agreement that 4 solutions are worth to explore further:

Promote people to buy less

Use recyclable material for packaging

Use reusable packaging 

Use less packaging 

• We have agreed while we think about, discuss or screen solutions, we should use the following criteria:

Specific

Creative

Feasible

Low Cost

Homework:

• Continue to find solutions for these problems: Packaging, Paint Disposal, Food Waste, please keep in mind the above 4 criteria.
• If ready, please either email it to the group or send it to WeChat.
• Think about the design of the base, if possible bring the prototype for the next meeting

Next meeting:

• We have decided to split into 2 groups for efficiency

Group A (Sammy, William, Matthew), Group B (Chungtai, Andy, Aiden)

• For next meeting, Group A will focus on Project and Group B will focus on Robot Design. we will switch every week or every 2 meet ups.
• On project side, finalize 1 solution for 1 problem
• On robot side, start building and programming the base