Project Diary



Date
Activity

4-2-2011

Submission of synopsis

20-2-2011
ASTHI selected by STEP-Sahyadri  for DST.Budget put at  1,36,000.

22-2-2011

Brief overview of the project was presented.

23-2-2011
Hardware and software specifications and requirements were discussed and filed.

24-2-2011

Bifurcation of project into different work areas :
Hardware : Tonse  & Tharanath
Software : Vishwanath & Prashanth

25-2-2011
Software Selection: KEIL Microvision was selected amongst numerous put forward for consideration.






Date
Activity

1-3-2011
Failed discussion among members.

2-3-2011
Discussion with guide and guide suggested to implement on a dummy.

3-3-2011
Block through and no headway as too costly to incur he cost of the full ASTHI and impossible to implement on dummy.

4-3-2011
Changed the project to INTEROB Wheelchair as no response from DST

5-3-2011
Project reverted back to ASTHI without our knowledge.

9-3-2011
Discussed the project with DOD Consultant Mr. Nithin : Clashed theories on Centre of gravity and balance..

10-3-2011
Discussed the project with Mr. Nithin second time , No headway .

14-3-2011
Put proposal to project guide for change of project. Proposal denied.

15-3-2011

1St Phase : Preliminary presentation on ASTHI

16-3-2011
Spoke with Ashish of Honda, Suggested impossible to implement on a dummy.

17-3-2011
Discussed ideas and principles of force exerted on the skeleton and the exoskeleton.

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19-3-2011


20-3-2011


29-3-2011




30-3-2011
Procurement of 1 st human wooden dummy .Test failed : Centre of Gravity

31-3-2011


1-4-2011


5-4-2011


6-4-2011


7-4-2011

Procurement of second dummy.

8-4-2011
·       Studying PIC Microcontrollers for Microcontroller design and control.
·       Watched videos on self balanced autobots with the guide to understand Centre of gravity,