Entries by Alexander Clavel

Spring 2017 BiPed – Final Blog Post

By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Project BiPed Team: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Jacob Cheney (Systems) Abraham Falcon (Electronics & Control) Mikaela Hess (Manufacturing) Table of Contents Executive Summary Program Objective The BiPed team was assigned the task of designing a 7th generation bipedal toy robot utilizing a 3Dot board. The robot was to use D.C. […]

Spring 2017 BiPed – Color Sensor Experiment

By: Abraham Falcon (Electronics and Control) Approved by: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction The electronics and control engineer job is to find the right equipment and test it for its project functionality. To make sure the biped can participate in the game it must have a color sensor to detect the red […]

Spring 2017 BiPed – Arxterra Control/Code

By: Jacob Cheney (Systems) Approved By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction During the final mission, where the BiPed will compete in the end of the semester game, it is required that our robot is controlled via Bluetooth. In order to accomplish this task, the BiPed will be equipped with a Bluetooth 4.0 […]

Spring 2017 BiPed – Servo Turning Test

By: Jacob Cheney (Systems) Approved By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Introduction Based on mission objectives, where the BiPed has to maneuver through a maze in order to evade the Velociraptor, it is imperative that the BiPed is able to turn efficiently. Accomplishing this task is not as easy as it seems, as a bipedal itself […]

Spring 2017 End of Semester Game “Pacman”

By: Alexander Clavel Apporved By: Game Committee Table of Contents Game Committee Members: Amber Scardina – TRC President Alexander Clavel – BiPed Project Manager Nicholas Jacobs – Spiderbot Project Manager Jesus Enriquez – Velociraptor Project Manager Overview: The BiPed and Velociraptor will participate in a game of PacMan. Both robots will start on opposite ends […]

Spring 2017 BiPed – PCB Schematic

By: Abraham Falcon (Electronics and Control) Approved by: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction: Electronics and Control engineer is to create a custom PCB and to layout the components to be used. The PCB components are a PCA9685 PWM expander, pin headers for the LEDs and a pin header for the color sensor. […]