Week 2: Update

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Figure: A low profile Lazy Susan which is the main steering mechanism for the bogie

The main goal of this week was to get a firm idea on how we are going to improve the bogie by doing research and by getting our CAD drawing ready so that we can move on to the prototyping phase. My main role in the team is to figure out a steering mechanism for the bogie. We had multiple big ideas but that meant we had to change the bogie completely. Due to the short amount of time we were given, we had to move on to better solutions which meant improving on the current design to bogie to accommodate for a steering system. We got a lot of help from Prof. Furman, Eric and Dan (member of the previous years bogie team), with their help we were able to finalize on a better yet simple idea to turn the bogie. Our plan now is to install a low profile Lazy Susan between the front part and the frame of the bogie so that the front part can pivot on the Lazy Susan's to make turns. This will eliminate the need for changing the current design for a new one and creating new links for the mechanism. We need to make a prototype to see if it actually works before making the full scale design. 

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