Project Title : How can foldable techniques translate a small number of actuators into unique locomotion?
Introduction
The team’s semester project begun around the general topic of Navigating Tight Spaces with Foldable Robotics.
The team was tasked with researching a more specific question through a semester-long course and following the preliminary research, we settled on modelling a robot with bio-inspiration from the Lumbricus Terrestris commonly known as the Common Earthworm.
However, After half the semester, we had a major project change. We have shifted from tight space navigation to locomotion, and seek to answer the following question:
“How can foldable techniques translate a small number of actuators into unique locomotion?”
Follow this link for details on the previous work conducted on navigating tight spaces.
Team Members
| Jacob Sindorf | Javon Grimes | Jonathan Nguyen | Gilgal Ansah |
| jsindorf@asu.edu | jdgrime1@asu.edu | jrnguyen@asu.edu | gjansah@asu.edu |
Assignments
- Develop a Research Question
- Biomechanics Background and Initial Specifications
- System Kinematics
- System Dynamics
- Design Optimization
- Design and Manufacturing Workflow
- Data Collection and Experimental Validation