This is the first look at AR-10 Electra’s chassis. Our main goal is to have every person working on the car be able to drive without serious modifications. This was done by creating a rules compliant front roll hoop section as well as ensuring the suspension parts will not become a visual impairment down the road. Besides having the front …
Mike Crow assembled the majority of the test circuit for the solar panels in order to start the data collection. We are still waiting for the potentiometer to come in. The potentiometer will be able to deliver an increase or decrease of resistance through out a period of time. He also worked on the data collection file for the solar …
The hybrid engine mold is ready for use. We will have a fiberglass prototype of hybrid engine by the design review
with the help from Colin Sledge , we successfully tested the parafoil for the precision landing system. The decent rate is good for testing the precision landing system.
February was a productive month for our Raider team; although we’re running a bit behind schedule, we’re shooting to have a steerable car on wheels by the Winter design review (Mar. 11) and a car ready for testing soon after that. Suspension components are the biggest holdup due to all of the machining involved; we’ve definitely learned our lesson in …
-Mike Crow has been working on our presentation for the Winter Design Review which we will present to the industry panel this March 11th. We have had steady progress on the photo voltaic cell circuit. We estimate to be finished by the end of this week if we continue with no interruptions. The Arduino code is being updated in order …
For the past two weeks, our circular UAV team has 1) Finished the CNC milling of the wing bodies after failing numerous times. 2) Designed the frame and CAD for the carbon tube connectors. 3) 3D printed the prototype motor mount and frame connectors. 4) Received the carbon tubes for the frame structure. 5) Presented for peer review. For the …
This week we collected data for our presentation to the industry representatives on March 11th. We have started work on our current goal of making a poster for the winter design review in the mechanical/aerospace department and civil/environmental department. Two of our members from environmental engineering have also began making the presentation relevant for them. All of our purchase orders …
This blog is devoted to documenting the progress of our MAE188 Automated Pipetting Robot project. Advised by Professor Farzad Akhmadkhanlou and Professor Vince McDonnell, and sponsored by Professor Tony Long, the goal of this project is to develop a robot that can efficiently move an array of 24 pipettes in order to transfer fluids, which will facilitate Professor Long’s research …
Sunday Funday! The team got together this last weekend on Sunday to finish up and start new tests to determine the power required by the instruments being used on the cart as well as determine how much power can be produced using our current battery set up (from the bike powered lights for the Newport Boat Parade last December). We …
