Assignment: plan and document a final project that integrates the range of units covered.

For this assignment, my collegues and I decided to do a joint project. The overall idea of the project was developed by a deep sense of passion and competition in the game of ping pong. So we decided to build a table tennis robot launcher. The five components of this robot are: the ball launcher, pan and tilt head, ball feed, Y and Z travel stage, and the User Interface. The aspect of the project I will be developing is the Pan and Tilt Head.

Below are the following questions that had been given to provide more research for the overall project:

1.What will it do? Pan and tilt will enable the ping pong machine to be able to dispense a ball at (180 degrees) of various horizontal and/or vertical directions (angles) on the table (be specific in range of angles it will need to move)

2.Who’s done what beforehand? Use of pan and tilt majority are used for camera mounts, video cameras, laser effect machines, camera control cranes for movie filming {research: pan and tilt launching devices—prior art}

3.What materials and components will be required? a.Motor for pan/tilt b.pan/tilt encoder c.platform to mount the dispense mechanism (ball launcher) d.Acrylic e.wires f.gears g.Servo motor

4.Where will they come from? a.Stock Drive Products b.AmazonSupply c.Materials in lab (plywood, acrylic, etc)

5.How much will it cost? The approximated cost will be no more than the alloted $50 that we will be allowed to use (if at all necessary.

6.What parts and systems will be made? a.Axes for holding the ball launcher and entire ball mechanism b.Gears

7.What processes will be used? a.Lazer cutter (acrylic?) b.User Interface (independant program) c.C.A.D (2D/3D hold structure) d.Milling and soldering board(?) e.Milling designed structure (wood) f.Mold & Cast g.Composites

8.What tasks need to be completed? a.Structure design of Pan and Tilt b. circuit boards need to be milled, built and programmed for motors c.2D Design and 3D print of gears

9.What questions need to be answered? a.Where will the design be connected in the overall structure? b.How large or small will the entire structure consist of? c.What range of angles does the pan/tilt experience on table? i.How many degrees d.What type(s) of materials are best for optimum functionality?

10.What is the schedule? a.Complete an overall workable design for the pan tilt machine (three days) b.Try out multiple prototypes c.Work with ball launch creator to design a platform that will fuse the ball launcher and pan and tilt heads together.

11.How will it be evaluated? If mechanism is able to move to certain positions in specified range exhibiting complete comprehension and mastery skills learned throughout semester.