Inspiration¶

I really liked the boston dynamics robot dog and I ever the genius think I can make a smaller verison of it. I also have a really fast dog and I want to understand why she is so fast.

For an overall base of what Im going to build this robot off I found this pervious fab final project which was of a more spiderlike robot

Final Project¶

Sketch¶

This week I worked on defining my final project idea and started to getting used to the documentation process. My final project is based off my dog on the front page. She is very fast. So fast that I cant keep up with her, but I wanted to see if I could build something to compete with her. The idea for the project is a robot similar to the boston dynamics dog that uses servos to move its limbs.

This is a rough draft of what I think it will look like

This is just an AI generated design to give a better perscpetive becuase I not a good artist

Bill of Materials¶

| Componet | Website | Cost | Available in Lab? | | --------------|:-------------:| | XIAO ESP32C3 | SEEED Studio | 4.99 | Yes | | XIAO ESP32S3 w/ Camera Module | SEEED Studio| 14.99 | Yes | |Servos| |Double Sided Copper PCBs| TinkerSphere| 5.99| Yes|

2D and 3D Modeling¶

Milling¶

Heres what the two sides looked like in Bantam

This is the parts I put into my F cuts, I left the outline out since when I did try to put the edge cuts on the outline, the tracks went over the edge cuts

PCB and Rivets¶

Heres what my board looks like on the front and back

Heres the machine I used to have current flow to the bottom of the board. I used rivets which were in the holes that I had through hole drilled.

These rivets are really small, so I used tweezers to put them into the holes