Pascals

Our inspiration was in Biomimetic robots and their applications in medicine.

The robot uses 6 actuators to climb up the patient's arm, using a biomimetic spine mechanism for the limbs.

The project was built using an Arduino, stepper motors, DC motors, and 3d printed parts.

We ran into several challenges, such as lack of smaller motors and components to create an adequately sized robot, stepper control problems, 3d-printer inaccuracy, lack of belts and other appropriate transmission systems, and overall just the tight time-frame. The wiring seemed to be our biggest issue.

We are very proud of the hardware design made from scratch for this project as well as coding component of the project, both of which proved to be successful. The major delay was caused by the electronics portion of the project, however, we still managed to partly compose it.

Tolerance in CAD is very important, pre-made male-female wires can be used in more permanent designs by joining the ends in a specific way, we learned to adapt hardware design given our circumstances and we also learned a lot about electronics.

In the future, we plan on coming more prepared to tackle the electronics issues and plan out as much of the project as we can in advance.

Built With

• arduino