By: Natalie Arevalo (Design & Manufacturing Engineer) Approved by: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager) Introduction As part of the ModWheels team, I was asked to make various modifications to the existing model of the KidStuff’s car. Additionally, a new part was designed and integrated into the modified model. More parts will be designed in the future […]
By: Vanessa Enriquez (Design & Manufacturing Engineer for Goliath) Approved by: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager for ModWheels) Introduction After PDR, I was temporarily reassigned to the ModWheels project to begin recreating the existing 2D design onto a 3D design in Solidworks. Preliminary design To begin with, the current design was provided to me by the project manager, Lucas. […]
By: Matt Shellhammer (Electronics & Control Engineer) Approved by: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager) Introduction When traveling through the maze, robots have the possibility to encounter other robots. To ensure the robots will be able to successfully navigate the maze and complete the mission objectives, we need to have general rules of the maze. These rules should […]
By: Matt Shellhammer (Electronics & Control Engineer) Approved By: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager) Introduction For the Fall 2017 semester of EE 400D, all of the projects at The Robot Company will be using color sensors to navigate a colored 2D-maze, most commonly using TCS34725 1. color sensor. This color sensor will be mounted onto […]
By: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager) ModWheels Team Members: Project Manager: Lucas Gutierrez Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer: Andrew Yi Electronics and Control Engineer: Matt Shellhammer Design and Manufacturing Engineer: Adan Rodriguez Program Objectives / Mission Profile By: Lucas Gutierrez (Project Manager) Objective ModWheels is a toy car that will navigate a multi-colored […]