Entries by Miguel Gonzalez

Spring 2018: BiPed Preliminary Budget

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacturing) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) updated: 4/29/2018 Related Requirement L1-10: Micro FOBO shall not exceed a cost of $250 to construct. Objective Project BiPed is one of this semesters robot production division in which a bipedal robot will be designed, engineered, and produced by the end of […]

Spring 2018: Biped Mass Report

By: Jeffery De La Cruz (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) The total mass of the Micro FOBO is at around 351.5 grams. This mass consists of the following: Part 0: Hip Bracket x1 Part 1: Foot x2 Part 2: Servo Band x4 Part […]

Spring 2018: Updated Prototype Fritzing Diagram

By: Jorge Hernandez (Electronic & Controls Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) This is an updated Fritzing diagram, especially for Micro Fobo. A PCA9865 servo expander was used because we need to drive 8 micro servos and this expander breakout board lets us use up to 16 micro servos […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Planning and Schedule

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacture) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) updated: 4/21/2018 Objective The objective of this post is to implement organization for the overall schedule of our BiPed project. This schedule is comprehensive and accounts for all tasks that should be completed by the displayed due dates. Using Project Libre, we […]

Spring 2018: Micro FOBO Mechanical Designs

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacturing) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Notice In this blog post, you will learn about initial mechanical designs for the Micro FOBO. We will discuss our thought process for each design component and relate it back to the customer’s requirements. Note that this the first […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Work Breakdown Structure

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacturing) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Work Breakdown Structure For project BiPed, the group consisted of three members fulfilling the roles of Project Manager, E&C, MST, and Manufacturing Engineer. Since the group consisted of fewer members than the positions to fill the manufacturing role of the […]

Spring 2018: Biped Fabrication Methods (Trade-off Study)

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacturing) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Related Requirements L1-3: Micro FOBO will have 2 legs. L1-4: Micro FOBO will be a toy robot based on the design of the FOBO by Jonathan Dowdall. L1-18: Micro FOBO shall be able to traverse cloth, paper, and linoleum […]