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Objectives
Objectives
During the second week of the COSMOS Cluster 2 on Engineering Design and Control of Kinetic Sculptures, our team members learned how to program using RobotC to process sensor data and to control a motor in a Motion Robot. The concepts of automatic sensor data processing and controlling the motion of a component in a Kinetic Sculpture led to the design requirements of a Mini Sculpture. The Mini Sculpture design is a team effort that is completed during the third week of the COSMOS Cluster 2.
Design Requirements
Design Requirements
The requirement of this project was that the mini kinetic sculpture had to be actively controlled and function automatically. To accomplish this, the design of our mini sculpture needed at least one motion sensor, at least one motor that is controlled automatically by the motion sensor, at least one human interface component, only one Lego NXT Mindstorm for motion control through RobotC, analysis of motion control behavior with a WM2D simulation, and documentation of design, analysis, simulation, and proof of operation in a team webpage.
Design Choice
Design Choice
Our design process consisted of lots of brainstorming that resulted in many designs to be created. We were faced with many problems that we were able to work through to come up with a final design. We had to rule out designs that included trampoline, elevators, or moved as a whole structure such as the dumpster truck as they seemed unreliable and too difficult to do and to long to make.
Mini Sculptures Design Slideshow 1
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