Duration: Two months (May-June 2025)
Motivation: A year earlier my cousin asked me for ideas on what to make for her (high school) senior project. This idea, an arm-wrestling bot came to mind. She did not end up building it, but when it came time for me to do my "senior" "thesis" (I was a junior and it wasn't a formal capstone), I did end up making it. Plus, the idea is fun, right?
Outcomes: It worked kinda and people had fun playing it. Future revisions should focus on increasing the mechanical advantage which I actually under-speced due to my rash decision to use the body of the motor as the winch.
Built in collaboration with Alex Chen and Chris Pope (see report)
My brother and his friend playing with the machine. (Salt cube not part of robot.)
Technical report
Early revision of the machine, before we finished cutting the wood
Testing the EMG
Odrive python control
Woodworking lol
Working with EMGs