19. Project Development¶
This week I still workhard for my final project.
This week Checklist¶
- [✓] What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain?
- [✓] What has worked? what hasn’t?
- [✓] What questions need to be resolved?
- [✓] What will happen when?
- [✓] what have you learned?
What tasks have been completed, and what tasks remain?¶
Completed task are:
- Logo design
- Design circuit diagram
- Design PCB layout
- CNC milling PCB
- Solder parts to PCB
- 3D Modeling and Printing
- Assembly Robot
- Design Q1 fab sumo arena and sticker
Remaining task:
- Programming my final project
- Final version summary Slide
- Final version summary Video
- Design instruction handbook
- Pulbish to the world
What has worked? what hasn’t?¶
I want to design a quadruped robot for a STEAM course to arouse students’ interest in making robots and promote maker culture.
I set the following conditions for the robot
- It’s easy to prepare and assemble, suitable for robot beginners and academy
- Simple design, easy to produce by 3D printer
- Print all 3D parts less than 24 hrs
- 8 DOF
- Servo angle feed back
- Fully self-produce control board
- Compatible with Arduino IDE
- Affordable
- Less text and most picture assembly instruction to reduce language barriers
What questions need to be resolved?¶
I still need time to complete the program, the robot actions, instructions handbook, and publish to the world.
What will happen when?¶
Please refer to below link for more details for what happen and next.
https://fabacademy.org/2022/labs/hkispace/students/yankin-leung/assignments/finalprojectin14days
(The article is temporarily translated by Google Translate, so it seems a little strange.)
Finally I can control the Q1 fab through the operation interface for action testing!
Even control the Q1 fab with my Apple Watch!
what have you learned?¶
In Fab Academy, every week I learn a new skills, and final project integrate most of what I have learned and use it.
- Logo, sticker design in Affinity Designer
- Vinyl cutter to make sticker on my project (use ScanNCut bundle software call CanvasWorkspace)
- 2D graphics for poster, instructions handbook (use Apple Keynotes)
- Movie editing by iPad apps - VLLO
- 3D Modeling my project body (use Fusion 360)
- 3D Printing (use Cura slicing software)
- CNC to cut sumo arena (use Easel - Online CNC Control software)
- Laser engraving logo on sumo arena (use CorelDraw for fine tune vector image)
- Sumo game bonus point made by casting
- PCB design in Fusion 360
- PCB Milling using CNC milling machine
- SMB Soldering (use hat plate and by my hand)
- Embedded programming in Arduino IDE with SAMD11 and ESP32
- Communication medthods between different devices