Mechatronics II - ME EN 3210
Mechatronics II is the continuation from Mechatronics I that taught how to combine electrical and mechanical systems together to use them to build a wide variety of control systems. In Mechatronics II, we also needed to build a robot in order to complete some tasks. In 2016, the competition was called "Return to Mars". There were to be three robots that needed to work together to build three builds, sort magnetic and nonmagnetic rocks, and put extra material in the storage area. There was also a bonus rock, called Minor's Peak (named after the instructor), that weighted 23 pounds and could be moved to the storage area for 50 bonus points. Each robot needed to be remote controlled and the teams needed to devise the best strategy for them to complete the various tasks with in a nine minute period.
Our team built a robot to build the tallest building, called the antenna. It had a base made of 4 wooden blocks, with up to four blocks stacked on the base. The final block was a colored block that weighted 3 times as much as an ordinary wooden block.
Below are images and videos of the robot that my team completed. Below that are files of assignments and lab work that I completed for this class.
Our team built a robot to build the tallest building, called the antenna. It had a base made of 4 wooden blocks, with up to four blocks stacked on the base. The final block was a colored block that weighted 3 times as much as an ordinary wooden block.
Below are images and videos of the robot that my team completed. Below that are files of assignments and lab work that I completed for this class.
Robot
Our robot was motivated by the movie, the Martian featuring Matt Damon. Our team name was Matt Damon and our robot was named the BOTanist, after the role the actor played in the movie. There are four motors: two that drive the wheels, one large one that manipulates the arm up and down, and one small one that opened and closes the claw to hold the blocks as they are lifted into place. There is a small Hall Effect sensor to detect magnetic rocks that was not used by our team during competition. There are two LED lights on the back of the robot: Red LED to show the robot has power and a Green LED to show it is communication with the remote control. The sensor sends a signal to the remote to light up a Blue LED if a magnet is detected.
Remote Control
The remote control instructs the robot on where to go and what to do, based on the user's use of the buttons and joystick. The Joystick drove the motor wheels and when the joystick is pressed it increased the speed of the robot. The top and bottom button moved the robot arm up and down, while the left and right button opened and closed the claw.
Videos
Video 1 Design Day Competition
This video is the video for our alliances' run on competition day that I filmed. There are more videos available online for the other alliances' run, including ones that were filed by the University of Utah.
This video is the video for our alliances' run on competition day that I filmed. There are more videos available online for the other alliances' run, including ones that were filed by the University of Utah.
Files
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