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Final Design Review (6/4)

The following Pictures show our final prototype with the implemented water delivery system as well as testing done on our prototype to test the animal interaction.

Labeled CAD of Final Design 

Labeled Picture of Final Design 

Final Design With Implemented Water Delivery System 

Rat 118 Exploring Our First Prototype

Rat 118 Walking Through the Bridge

Rat 118 Looking Through the Gap Between the Bridge and the Adapter

Primary Design Review (5/21)

The following pictures show the design of our first prototype that we presented during our Primary Design Review Presentation. With this design, we had most of the parts needed to complete the behavioral chamber. We also found other things that needed slight modifications to improve this design.

Our first prototype with the home chamber connected to the behavioral chamber

CAD of our first prototype

CAD of the home chamber with the adaptor inserted

CAD of the behavioral chamber with the water delivery system on the front wall

Proof of Concept (4/30)

The following are photos of our first attempt at a prototype before we had all of the behavioral chamber parts from Prototyping Lab at UCSD. After building this, we made modifications before completing the first prototype. 

This is our first attempt at building a prototype before having all of the parts for the behavior chamber. 

This is a closeup of the bridge that is connected to the two adaptors. This allowed us to see what modifications needed to be made with the bridge and adaptors. 

This is a closeup of the adaptor on the home chamber with the door that is inserted to block off the whole. 

                 This shows he different cuts that we made with different tools. On the left, a heated knife was used, which was effective, but took a long time. In the middle picture, an oscillating tool was used, which was effective and did not take very long. On the right, a jigsaw was used, which was not very straight when cutting, but it was fairly quick. 

Design Proposal (4/9)

These CAD models show our first ideas for a way to connect the home chamber to the behavioral chamber. These designs were in our Design Proposal Presentation. 

First Meeting with Sponsors (3/4)

These pictures show NEATLabs' current Behavioral chamber where they perform testing & pre-testing