By: Victoria Osaji, Manufacturing and Development

Introduction:

The previous semester, spring 2016, did a very detailed material trade-off study that we liked based on Aluminum and PLA Filament (3D printing material). We found this very useful because we have ideas that we can now build off of.

Although, our design may differ in some places and our requirements have changed a bit these are still information we can use because the basics requirements are covered such as walking statically and dynamically and being able to walk up and down uneven surfaces. What I really liked most is that they used the two different materials depending on their needs. They used the aluminum for their bottom piece because they wanted to maximize the weight on the head and tail. Then they used the PLA filament for the foot that way the robot could walk statically and dynamically without slipping on different surfaces.

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