http://www.robotecture.com/eco05/
Units: 3.0: Lecture /
Location: MWF 2-6pm, Room IDC
Instructor: Michael Fox (mafox@foxlin.com or
Exercise_03: Means
of Actuation
Due Friday, 01/20 (working physical kinetic model + photos posted on
the WWW)
The exercise will be assessed on the following
criteria:
40% Originality
50% Execution
of physical model
10% Timeliness
The point of this exercise is to learn to understand
means of actuation.
The importance lies in
understanding the most simple and robust way to actuate your model by an
outside source.
You have had liberties as to scale and your
choice of materials. It is advised to use servos for the purpose of this
exercise so that you can become familiar with their limitations but you are by
no means limited to them.
Things to consider is making your model:
·
If you are using
parallax servos, remember the limited forces and range of speeds
·
Integrate
available mechanical components (Lego gears, pulleys, etc., found objects, and
objects from other mechanical objects.
·
Consider that they
need to work repeatedly over and over again.
(ok three times_)