Week 9
mechanical design
Assignment
- make a machine, including the end effector
- build the passive parts and operate it manually
- document the group project and your individual contribution
Week workflow
Here is how I see the week's flow :
Flow chart for this week
Table of content :
STEPS
SOLAR TRACKER
As it's a group project, here is a document where we started to document :
HackPad Documentation document
My role in the project is to design and make the main frame of the solar tracker
Solidworks Design :
Checking the degrees of freedom with basic 2D animation
Designing the overall mechanics
Motion with the motor
Deciding the project :
Deciding the project
Assembling
Assembling the tracker
Pivoting the motor
Souce Files
Here are the sources files of the projects I talked about on this page :
Solar tracker CAD design files for Solidworks
Conclusion
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