Biped Generation #5

Spring 2018: Project BiPed: Verification and Validation Pass/Fail Matrix

By: Jeffrey De La Cruz (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Introduction The Level 1 and Level 2 requirements verification pass/fail matrix will demonstrate if the BiPed functions properly. Each requirement state will be tested by a specific verification method. The verification […]

Spring 2018: BiPed 3D Print Time

Written By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager and Manufacturing) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Update: 3D Printing Time Waiver (Approved on 5/01/2018) Introduction In this blog post, we will cover the overall 3D print time for the complete assembly of the Mirco FOBO. The Micro FOBO’s design is based on the original FOBO which was […]

Spring 2018: Testing Design Sketches

Written By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager and Manufacturing Engineer) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Related Requirements Level 1 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. L1-8: Micro FOBO’s part components will be […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Initial Design Sketches

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacturing) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Related Requirements Level One 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. Level Two Requirements L2-3: Micro FOBO will use SG90 micro servos. L2-14: Micro […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Ultrasonic Sensor Board & Prototype Fritzing Diagram for BiPed

By: Jorge Hernandez (Electronics & Control Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Introduction From the research performed, the number of ultrasonic sensors required to make a biped robot is one sensor. We know one sensor will be used which will cause the robot to only detect […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Power Estimates of Components: Micro Servos

By: Jorge Hernandez (Electronics & Control Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved By: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Power Estimates  For power estimates I calculated power and current on two types of servos; the Tower Pro SG90 and metal geared MG90s. To read the power and current from the servos on […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Interface Matrix

By: Jeffrey De La Cruz (Mission, Systems, and Test Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) The current interface matrix for the prototype Micro FOBO uses the Arduino UNO. A CD4017BE IC was used in order to control the eight servos. The output of the CD4017BE IC was then […]

Spring 2018: Interface and Cable Tree Blog Post

By: Jorge Hernandez (Electronics & Control Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) New and improved System Block Diagram for Micro Fobo which shows in a general diagram how many pins will be needed for each component and how they connect to each other. As seen we are using […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Ultrasonic Sensor Board Power Test

By: Jorge Hernandez (Electronics & Control Engineer) Verified By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Introduction From the research performed, the number of ultrasonic sensors required to make a bi-ped robot for our project is one. We know one sensor will be used which will cause the robot to […]

Spring 2018: BiPed Preliminary Design Documentation

By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager), Jeffery De La Cruz (MST), Jorge Hernandez (E&C) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Mission Objective By: Miguel Gonzalez (Project Manager & Manufacture) Our goal for this project is to design and manufacture a BiPed Robot. This robot will be slightly similar to the BiPed robot that […]