Biped Generation #4
Fall 2017 BiPed: Preliminary Design Document
By: Piyush Jain (Project Manager) Zachary Bruyn & Yasin Khalil (Electronics & Controls) Natalie Arevalo (Manufacturing) Melwin Pakpahan (Missions, Systems, & Test) Table of Contents Program Objective By: Piyush Jain (Project Manager) The objective of Project BiPed is to design and manufacture a miniature bipedal robot. The BiPed shall incorporate a Theo Jansen leg design, use […]
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 – Working Prototype/Walking and Balancing Experiment
By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Approved By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction This post will cover an updated design of the last prototype as there were issues with functionality and acceptability by the customer. From the last design we had, it did not account for shifting the center of mass at all […]
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 BiPed – BiPed Prototype/Walking Experiment
By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Approved by: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction The BiPed projects goal is to be able to create a walking bipedal robot that is able to perform static walking. The definition of static walking is walking that remains constantly balanced throughout the robots entire walk. In theory, when […]
Spring 2017 BiPed – D.C. Motor Stress Experiment
By: Abraham Falcon (Electronics and Control) Approved By: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction Electronics and Control engineer job is to do an experiment on the D.C. motor to see if it can the handle the weight needed for the biped to walk. The following experiment was to determine if the chosen D.C. […]
Spring 2017 BiPed – Servo Ankle Stress Experiment
By: Abraham Falcon (Electronics and Control) Approved by: Alexander Clavel (Project Manager) Table of Contents Introduction: Electronics and Control engineer job is to do an experiment on the servo motor to see if it can the handle the weight needed to perform the funtion of turning at the ankle. The following experiment is to know […]
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. […]