By Tuan Vo, Project Manager The weight of the aircraft must be of proportion to the amount of thrust the propulsion components can support. This resource reports defines resource as all components, power, and mass requirements related to the aircraft. Study by Juan Montano on components and mass provides us with total mass when powered […]
By Tuan Vo and Elaine Doan Structural Subsystem Requirements The VTOL will use four 55 mm electric ducted fans per the request of the customer. The four fans gives enough thrust to lift themselves, the required electronics for control, and a body. The body is estimated to be 298g from the fan selection study by […]
Level 1 Requirements – By: Tuan Vo and Elaine Doan The VTOL will be designed with a flat conical frustum base and a dome (semi-sphere) attached at the top center of the conical frustum to model after the UFO from the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Compare the 3D drawing created by team […]
By Tuan Vo, Project Manager A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can ascend vertically into the air and land the same way. There are many quadcopters and hexacopters that have achieved this feat. The use of electric ducted fans (EDF) to accomplish VTOL and hover flight is rare and have not been […]
Above, Agar plate with growing cells By Ali Etezadkhah, Project Manager To grow and take shape, cells need a skeleton or scaffold to attach to. They also need access to nutrients to survive. There are many different types of cell growth media and they range from pure liquid to a solid gel. Most people have […]
By Tommy Sanchez If you have read the previous tutorial on getting up and running with the control panel and applications, then you’re ready to learn how to create custom commands through the Arxterra application. These custom commands will allow you to expand the capabilities of your robot. In outline form this tutorial covers: creating […]
By Mason Nguyen, Solid Works model by Vinh Kim After many working hours, Vinh has finally created the real world final 3D hexapod model including the mounted with the cellphone. The hexapod will operate using 19 servos, 18 servos will serve as the hexapod movement while 1 servo will mount at the front to hold […]
By Kevin Huynh, Project Manager / Computer Systems and Software Objective: For Spring 2014, one of the requirements for the biped is to add in some form of servo overcurrent protection. The goal of this is to prevent the servos from drawing too much current, overheating, and destroying the control circuit boards inside of the case. A […]
By Simon Abatay, 3D Modeling and Manufacturing After a review with the Robot Company’s President, the initial tibia design was deemed unsatisfactory due to its flat nature. In order to tackle this, I decided to modify my original design to give it a more 3-dimensional appearance. My intentions with this modification step were to maintain […]
By Kristine Abatay, Project Manager Following the group’s preliminary design review presentation, we met with the Robot Company’s President and modified our mission objective. Our new mission objective is: Complete a hexapod robot project whose creation will achieve a speed that matches the current Robot Company rover project, operate safely, be capable of maneuvering a […]