Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

For my 30 hours of independent component, i will attend meetings and group sessions of the robotics club and I will also be working on my own on the robot. I will meet with mentors at least once a week to discuss problems, ideas, and other topics related to the robot and the robotics club. This will provide me with the learning experience as well as the in depth analysis of my senior project. The meetings usually will consist of the entire mechanical group meeting with the mentor of the mechanical department as we discuss changes and ideas for the robot with the mentor guiding us and giving feedback on our ideas as well as teaching us what will, and what won't work. The group sessions will usually be the mechanical department, and I tinkering with the robot and formulating new ideas as well as creating the actual robot. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will bring photos, as well as physical documentation of the work we did each evening as well as keeping my own personal log of notes for the day. The photos will be of the mechanical department and i meeting and brainstorming as well as working. The log will be of changes we made and troubleshooting we did while working on the robot and my own notes will be on anything and everything i deem important enough for me to write down.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

My topic is robotics and the way i'll be able to explore my topic more in depth is by working hands on with robots. I will be working with experts from cal poly in the fields of mechanical engineering as well as software design so i will be in contact with a lot of people who know what they're doing. This will enable me to learn from them as well as work on my senior project when i work on the robot.