Chassis Onboarding

Welcome new chassis team members! To work as a member of the chassis team, you will need access to certain documents, communication patforms, and software packages, and there will be some guidelines you should follow to streamline working with others. This section will provide everything you need to get set up, and it will be easiest to work through them in the order shown. Get them done promptly so you can get into some design work!

If you are looking for a specific topic within onboarding and aren't sure which page to find it on, check the Onboarding Topic Index.

Introductory Topics
Work through these pages within your first week so that you're ready to go when we start designing the rover!


 * Introduction
 * Communication platforms and expectations
 * Required software packages
 * Documentation Requirements

Engineering Skills and Knowledge
Once you've gotten set up, here are some educational resources on basic skills and knowledge you should have to most easily contribute to design work. It is recommended that you work through any subjects you are not already familiar with within your first quarter on Husky Robotics, but there's no need to memorize everything since these documents will always be here for your reference. Don't hesistate to reach out to your leads with questions!


 * Overview of common technical terminology that you will encounter on Husky Robotics
 * CAD skills
 * Manufacturing Methods
 * Reading Technical Datasheets
 * Mechanical Drawing Best Practices
 * FEA skills
 * Performing engineering calculations in MatLab or Python