Timeline

Project timeline plays a key role in the success of the project. Since this project required lots of research, the team spent the first four weeks on researches and literature study. In weeks 2 and 3, the team tried to identify the main challenges. These included a mechanism to cut coconuts, finding a drone with high pay load and exploring safety mechanisms. In weeks 3 the team started solving the key problems, which included finding a mechanism to cut coconuts. This was a major part of the project and the team successfully completed it. In weeks 3, 4 and 5, the team worked on finding a drone with high pay load. After that the team focused on identifying an appropriate saw, the weight and power of the saw were taken into consideration during this process. During this time another challenge got developed which was the difficulty in maneuvering the drone where coconut leaves stick out, the team solved this issue by finding an appropriate robotic arm. Lastly, the team reviewed the whole design based on its strengths and limitations. 

   Table 1: Project Timeline-Duration of Each Task

	Week
Task	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Literature study and Researches	x	x	x	x
Identifying the challenges		x	x
Finding a mechanism to cut coconuts			x
Finding  drones with high payload			x	x	x
Finding an appropriate saw				x	x
Finding an efficient robotic arm					x	x	x	x
Finalization and Integration									x	x