Cardiac Patch Delivery Device
Cardiac Patch Delivery Device
2.007 Robot Competition
In the course Design and Manufacturing II (2.007) at MIT, I worked on designing a robot to compete in the class-wide robotics competition. I followed the creative design process bolstered by application of physical laws. Throughout the semester, I worked on building my robot using the available raw materials to gain as many points as possible in the final competition. My strategy to obtain points was to plant a flag on a rock and repair the lunar module's "communication system" to return on Earth. Repairing the system involved pulling a semicircular handle (shown in green in the images below) out of place then pulling it backwards with a large enough force to lift the communication module back up. I went through many different prototypes and iterations to get the final design working shown in the images below.
Initial Prototype Pulling the Handle
Final Design
My final design involved mounting to a rock on the game board by driving over it with a detachable loop mechanism. Then, I would drive up to the communication module's handle and knock it out of place with the actuated folding arm. The semicircular handle would then slide down the arm as it folded and closed over the handle, holding it down on top of the robot. Finally, a winch system was used to pull the entire robot with the handle backwards towards the rock it was mounted to in the beginning. The winch was the most critical module of my design. I ended up having to remake the module because the initial motor I chose didn't have enough torque. However, after replacing the motor, the system successfully worked to pull the handle towards the mounted rock and "repair" the communication module. Below are images of the winch system.
