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1. Half-Circle Garage Structure: Laser-cut plywood

2. Lift Mechanism: Machined aluminum and lead screws

3. Horizontal Motion Mechanism: Lead screws, rods and machined brackets

4. Rotation Mechanism: Laser-cut plywood and lazy-susan bearing

5. 3D printed pallets

6. IR Sensor

7. DC Motor Encoders

8. Electrical: Hardware & LabView Software

•Spatially optimized with a matlab script resulting in 11 cars per level

•Height: 22 inches

•Diameter: 24 inches

•3 stories

•32 cars total

•Lift system rides on a cart that moves forward and backward using lead screws

•Pallets are used for the car/lift interface; lowering the lift drops the pallet onto the structure

•Lead screw is powered using an encoder-enabled DC motor, supported by linear rods

•Base-plate is a large gear, driven by a smaller gear using an encoder-enabled DC motor

•Lift system is mounted atop the cart, driven by a lead screw powered using an encoder-enabled DC motor, supported by linear rods

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