- - Design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation.
- - Build the mechanical parts and operate it manually.
- - Actuate and automate your machine.
- - Document the group project and your individual contribution.
- - Characterize your lasercutter, making test part(s) that vary cutting settings and dimensions.
- - Characterize the specifications of your PCB production process.
- - Test the design rules for your 3D printer(s).
- - Use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board.
- - test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine.
- - compare the performance and development workflows for other architectures.
- - review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials, then make and compare test casts with each of them.
- - measure the power consumption of an output device.
- - compare as many tool options as possible.
- - Send a message between two projects.