PROTOTPYE MILESTONES By Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) The video above shows the first step taken to understand the mechanics for how our Bipedal robot would walk. This model is considered our 1st Generation (1.0) of BiRex. It is a simply demonstration of a […]
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE TRADE-OFFS By Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Software Professionalism Visual Appeal Customization User Interface PowerPoint 9 6.5 8 9 Prezi 7 8.5 8.5 8 PowToon 8 9 9 9 The table above shows the 3 programs used to present our milestones for […]
FINALIZED INTERFACE MATRIX & DEFINTIONS By Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Table 1 above show the 1st portion of project’s updated system interface definitions. The left side of the table has information on our subsystem components, while the right side is simply the microcontroller […]
FINALIZED SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM By Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) The block diagram above shows the updated block diagram for BiRex. The blocks are positioned based on their subsystem information. This post will give brief descriptions to explain each section of the block diagram. […]
BATTERY TRADE-OFF UPDATE By Brian Walton (Manufacturing Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Item Voltage Amphours Rating Quantity Price Per Qty Dynamite LiPo Battery DYN 1419 7.4 V 2000 mAh 5C 1 $29.95 Lithium Ion Polymer Battery 3.7 V 2500 mAh 1C 2 $14.95 9V Battery 9V 120-1200mAh 1 […]
FINALIZED MASS BUDGET By Michael Balagtas (Manufacturing Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Part Quantity Individual Mass (grams) Total (grams) Margins Servos 6 13.8 82.8 20% #4 Hex Nuts and Bolts 18 20.7 372.6 10% Frame 1 857.29 857.29 100% Ultrasonic Sensor 1 8.5 8.5 10% PCB (HC-06 […]
FINALIZED POWER BUDGET By Brian Walton (Manufacturing Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Item Quantity Max Consumption Average Consumption Total Average Consumption Total Max Consumption MG92B (servos) 6 0.7488170658 0.02 0.12 4.492902395 Arduino Micro (microcontoller) 1 0.85 0.37 0.37 0.85 Ultrasonic Sensor 1 0.015 0.015 0.015 0.015 Gyroscope […]
BATTERY TRADE-OFF By Michael Balagtas (Manufacturing Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Picking a battery with our level one requirements (Toy, compact, cheap) brings many conflicts to our final decision, so a trade-off study will be done between a generic 9V battery, two 3.7 LiPo batteries, and a Powerex Imedion […]
DISTANCE SENSOR TRADE-OFF By Brian Walton (Controls Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Image provided by Sparkfun.com SENSOR Sain SmartHC-SR04 LIDAR-Litev2 POWER SUPPLY 5 V 6 V WORKING CURRENT 15 mA 2 mA DIMENSION (45 x 20 x 15) mm (20 x 48 x 40) mm RESOLUTION 0.3 cm 1 […]
MISSION PROFILE & PROJECT OBJECTIVE UPDATE By Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) After presenting the Project Design Requirements, the team met up with the President and Vice President to analyze the current status of the project. Realizing that creating a fully-functioning toy (that has to be […]