It’s time to move your work to the manufacturing and assembly
floor and build your basic robots. Your planning will
need to take into account the power capacities needed and mechanical
assembly issues that arise for mounting hardware, wheels, bottom
plate, and camera. Use Excel in calculating COM, and since this is
an important parameter in designing for robot stability, I’d
like to see your calculations.
When building the basic model, pay attention to the motor wiring
and Qwerk power and internet connection tests. When you are
ready, test your basic robot’s capabilities – the wiring
and electronics. Perform system integration and utilize the
computer-robot interface.
After you have the basic model done, to get to the prototype that
will be functional for the search and rescue squad, you will need
additional project management & planning, research & analysis,
design, manufacturing, test, and documentation. For our preliminary
design review next week, you can experiment with the robot-computer
interface in order to evaluate and gather information for what modifications
and capabilities you will need to add to your robot. Sketch
out prototype(s), organize tasks, and decide what parts will be needed
for robot design, and how you will test. I want your Engineering
logbook documentation to include: diagram, parts list, schedule/task
organization, and notes for the design review meeting.
At the preliminary design review meeting with other Innovo engineering
intern teams, your presentation should include an evaluation of baseline
robot design: strengths & weaknesses.
Please give us an
outline or an agenda for your part of the meeting.
To clarify, your deliverables are:
- Center of Mass (COM) Excel Spreadsheet calculations
- Completed robot assembly
- Engineering logbook documentation:
- Diagram, sketches, plans
- Parts list
- Schedule/task organization
- Notes for presentation meeting
- Evaluation of baseline robot design: strengths & weaknesses
- Meeting presentation with Meeting outline/agenda
- Meeting notes
“A robot must obey the orders
given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict
with the First Law" [The Second Law of Robotics]” (Isaac
Asimov , 1920-1992)
