• Development Team Report / June 2015

    by  • July 5, 2015 • Development Team Report, Handibot App HQ, Handibot Labs, News

    In our first development team report, we laid out our projected timing for our major initiatives. After 6 months, we have hit some of our targets and others have slid a bit. Below you will find a revised timeline — much of which is organized around the September release date for Handibot 2.0 and the new FabMo digital fab platform.

    Of course, everyone would like things to move a little faster, but for our relatively small Handibot team that is continuously integrating input from users about Handibots in the field — we feel like we are managing to push things along while remaining realistic about how much can be done in a given period of time with resources available.

    We’ve recently added several new developers to the Handibot team and we look forward to reporting soon on their progress. Meanwhile, here’s where we are on those major items:

     

    Evolving Timelines for Tools and Accessories (UPDATED 6/25/15)

    Targeted Completion & Store/Doc Release

    Hardware

    • Version 1.1 Handibot  ………………….……. COMPLETED
    • Acc: Enclosure V1.0 & 1.1 …….…………… COMPLETED
    • Acc: Rotary 4th Axis  ………………………….. COMPLETED
    • Acc: Crawler (auto tile indexing)  ……… Mid July 2015
    • Version 2.0 Handibot  …………………..…… Mid Sept 2015 (previewed @ MakerFaire 2015)
    • Acc: Manual 4th Axis  ……………………..…. Mid Sept 2015
    • Acc: Gripper Head for robotics …………. Fall 2015
    • Acc: Laser Marking Head …………………… Fall 2015
    • Acc: Manual 5 and Motorized 5 Axis  … Fall 2015
    • Acc: 3D Print Head  ………………………..….. Fall 2015
    • Acc: End-work/Dovetail Jig …………………. Fall 2015

    Controls, Software, Web Ecosystem

    • V30x Control Cards (FabMo) w/SBC  …… COMPLETED previewed @MakerFaire
    • First Beta Release Version of FabMo ….. COMPLETED (on Github; though not user friendly yet)
    • Show First Version FabMo  …………………. YES, @ MakerFaire 2015 & DIY-CNC Detroit
    • Beta & EXAMPLE Utility Apps  …..………… COMPLETED (on Github; though not user friendly yet)
    • Utility Apps for FabMo Handibots  ……… Mid Sept; small selection for Handibot 2.0
    • Developer Contributed Utility Apps …….. Mid Sept; small selection for Handibot 2.0; see Github example                 ?
    • Handibot HQ Gallery & Project Areas ….. COMPLETED
    • Handibot HQ Project Delivery (free) ……. Aug 2015
    • Handibot HQ Project delivery (paid) ……. Oct 2015

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