LESSON TEME: Mechanical Design

  This weekly assignment is a kind of group work. The group members are Yuji Oki, Sho Iijima and me. We discussed about a mechanical design using MTM.

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[1] Appearance of Group Discuttion

Think Idea by Using a Machine with Moving Arms on X and Y Axes

  Before group discussion, I thought several idea for the mecanical design using MTM. One of the idea was watering machine [2]. MTM is a kind of machine with moving arms on X and Y axes. The idea is that the machine is settled over a planter and the machine provides water the plants on the planter by using a spray. A moisture sensor is also settled on soil in the planter. The sensor checks the moisture condition of the soil and tell a command for watering the plant to the arms when the moisture condition is a lower level. I designed the machine by using CAD and render the design [3].

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[2] CAD Design for Watering Machine
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[3] Rendering Image for Watering Machine

Group Discussion

  When we gather for the group discussion, at first, we checked machine parts of MTM sent from Fab Academy [4]. After the check, we discuss the idea based on we have thought the idea before this meeting. Figure [5] shows the contents of discussion. The final idea is a drawing machine by using embeded encoder switching system [6]. The details are discribed our group page, so please see here.

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[4] Checking MTM Parts
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[5] Ideas
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[6] Concept Image for Our Idea

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