Design & Manufacturing I: One-Hit Wonder
Design & Manufacturing (2.007) is one of the most anticipated Mechanical Engineering classes that MIT students take. Each student is able to build their own robot that competes in challenges that change every year.
In 2016, the challenges were themed around the American Revolution. |
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I built a three-part system in which two were autonomous and one was tele-operated. The system was designed to climb a 60 degree hill to earn a total of 90 points.
[However, a tethering rule of the competition resulted in only 19 points being possible. :( ] Check out the video to see One-Hit wonder in action! |
The base was autonomous, powered by Li-Po battery and controlled by an Arduino NANO. Motion was activated by a light sensor on the underside of the base that detected the starting light on the field.
The robot had to begin in the starting box so the base was designed to move the system out of the starting box and align the system ramp to the field ramp so that the climbing robots could deploy. |
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The two climbing robots were identical but one was autonomous and one was tele-operated. Powered by a RC motor, two rubber wheels gripped onto the rail and made their way up the hill. The wheels were spring loaded to account for different curvatures of the climbing rail.
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Technical Skills: Solidworks, Lathe, Metal Bending, Mill, Hand Tools, Arduino, C++, Basic Circuitry
Soft Skills: Presentation Skills
Soft Skills: Presentation Skills
2.007_presentation.pdf |