Designing a simple, robust, precision robotic platform for medium quantity production
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Author(s)
Lieberman, Janet Samantha
Advisor(s)
Daniel Frey.
Date Issued
2007
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
A niche which has yet to be saturated in the growing market of educational and research robotic platforms is the mechanically-simple, electronically-powerful research robot. Useful in fields such as algorithm and artificial intelligence research, such a robot would support a variety of sensor configurations and run both precisely and autonomously. Such a robot requires a robust, simple, preassembled mechanical platform; an electronics system which easily accepts a variety of sensors; and user friendly computer interface. This paper follows the design of a drive system and chassis for such a robot. Although the prototype developed did not meet the specifications of $250-$500 selling price for five hundred units, data was gathered from the prototype which will allow for a more cost effective redesign.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 21).
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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