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9. Mechanical design & Machine design

General Info

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schedule

  • final presentations
    • sign-ups open May 1
    • Wed Jun 09
    • Fri Jun 11
    • Mon Jun 14
    • Wed Jun 16
    • (Fri Jun 18)
  • June 21: local to global eval cutoff
  • July 5: global eval to student cutoff
  • July 12: global eval to FAB16 graduation cutoff
  • Aug 9-13: FAB16
  • Dec 1: post-FAB16 cutoff for this cycle

Assignment

Group assignment:

Mechanical Design

Note

design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation
build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
document the group project and your individual contribution

Machine Design

Note

actuate and automate your machine
document the group project and your individual contribution

  • schedule
    • local session Sat Mar 27
    • local session Sat Apr 03
    • review (a minuets presentation): Apr 07
      • This year we’ll do a tour around the world for Machine Presentations
      • Each Fab Lab will have a minute to show their students´ machines

TODO

  • Group assignment
    • kannai_site
    • docs/projects/machine_building.md
    • summary slide (.png, 1920x1080)
    • video clip (.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB)
    • Link to the individual pages
  • Individual Site
    • individual contribution
    • Link to the group page

actuation

Assessment

Mechanical Design, Machine Design

Last update: March 30, 2021