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During this week, we continued working on our design and calculations of the steering and the sizing of some bolts considering the specifications given by previous semesters. Our group also focused on arranging together a presentation which will take place during this week. The presentation will emphasize the progress and the future scope to complete our design. In this week, recollecting data and and understanding how we wanted to presented towards the audience was critical in order for the rest of the sub-teams to understand the route we will be taking and how exactly it will influence each component being designed by them. The kinematic calculations for the steering were typed in order to avoid any confusion and also to avoid any mistakes when other teams revise the steps followed. After the kinematics, the force calculations will be next as we finalize the specifications and final designs to our project. Constructive criticism is always welcomed from any of our peers as it may lead to realize mistakes or it may also give root to new ideas. Also, some changes were made to the bogie 3D model with our new ideas considering the fails experienced by previous teams. The discussions on the new ideas we planned to implement in our design were implemented to show preliminary view to our way of thinking and what ultimately will become the new system. Below, pictures of the calculations and the design at this moment in the semester.