Biped Generation #2

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed Prototypes

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiped Interface Matrix Update

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed System Block Diagram Update

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. […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed Battery Update

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed Mass Budget

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed Battery

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiped Distance Sensor

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiped Redefining The Mission

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 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiPed Microcontroller

MICROCONTROLLER TRADE-OFF By Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer)   Microcontroller PWM Digital I/O pins Analog Input pins Input Voltage Dimension Flash & SRAM Price Arduino Micro ATmega32u4 6 6 7 – 12V 68.6 x 53.4 mm 32 kB & 2 kB $9.00 Arduino Uno ATmega328 […]

Fall 2015 MicroBiped WBS – Team

WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE  (Team Members Schedule) By Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Paul Oo (Project Manager) Approved by Railly Mateo (Systems Engineer) Table 1 – Project Manager Operation Duration Start Finish Resource Name Project μBiPed 162 days 8/31/15 12/10/15 Paul Oo Project Management 155 days 9/10/15 12/10/15 Paul Oo Mission Objective 21 days 9/10/15 10/1/15 […]