Week 17
Applications and Implications
What will it do?
My project is a indore delivery robot that can be used to deliver food or drinks or any other item to a user in an office environment from point A to point B.It will have a driving system that consist of 4 driving wheels and two driven wheel that will be used to move the robot.It will have two matrix display that can be used to display some simple emotions or status of robot.And it also will have a time of flight sensor to detect objects in front of the robot.
Who's done what beforehand?
There are many projects that are similar to my project but they are not exactly the same as my project. There are many projects that are used to deliver food or drinks in a restaurant or a hotel. But my project is a simple robot that can be used in an office environment to deliver food or drinks or any other item.Pudu robotics is a company that makes a robot that can be used to deliver food or drinks in a restaurant or a hotel.The company makes beautiful and modern and practical robots.
Image Source: Pudu Robotics
The other projects used for inspiration was an an outdoor robot starship deliveries It was looking too good and aesthetic and i felt it was more practical than most of the other projects.
Image Source: starship deliveries
What sources will you use?
The sources that will be used for my project are the local market for the materials, Online market and the Fab Lab for the 3D printing and laser cutting and PCB milling. The electronics will be made using the inventory of the Fab Lab.
What will you design?
All the components expect the matrix LED all the beards are designed by me and all the mechanical parts including they tyres will be designed and manufactured by me.I have also designed a mold for the tyre that will be used to mold the tyres.As part of my wild card i had explored the Acrylic bending in wild card week which will be used in my project.
What materials and components will be used?
The materials that will be used for my project are Acrylic, 3D printed PLA & Wood. the wood will be used to make the base of the robot and the acrylic and 3D printed PLA will be used to make the body of the robot.3D printed PLA will be used to make the wheels of the the wheel mount plies etc.PCB's will be designed and made in the lab.Main micro controller with wifi will be used for communicate with the robot & smaller micro controllers will be used to control the sub systems like motors, Led etc...
Where will come from?
The materials will be sourced from the local market and the 3D printed parts will be made in the Fab Lab. All the electronics will be made from the inventory of fab lab.
How much will they cost?
The cost of the materials will be around 3000 INR and the cost of the electronics will be around 8100 INR. The total cost of the project will be around 11000 INR.
What parts and systems will be made?
The parts that will be made for my project are the wheels, wheel mount, body of the robot and the base of the robot. The wheels will be made using 3D printing and casted using PU resin and all the mounts will be made using 3D printing from PLA and the body of the robot will be made using acrylic for the flat surfaces and joints will be 3D printed and some of the doors and the front hood will be made using acrylic bending and the base of the robot will be made using wood. PCB design and manufacturing will be done in the lab.
What processes will be used?
The processes that will be used for my project are 3D printing, laser cutting, molding & casting, PCB milling and CNC milling. The 3D printing will be used to make the wheels and the wheel mount and the body of the robot and the base of the robot will be made using laser cutting, CNC milling & 3D printing.
What questions need to be answered?
The questions that need to be answered are how to make the robot will move when the robot is doing a tank turn and I need to test the dore opening mechanism by making a proto type.
How will it be evaluated?
The project will be evaluated by testing the robot in a real life environment and see how it performs. The robot will be tested in a office environment and see how it performs in delivering food or drinks or any other item.First it will be tested in a manual mode and then if everything is working then the project will be automated.The project will be evaluated by testing the robot in a real life environment and see how it performs.And then an interface will be made for the user to control the robot.
This weeks plan
Project Development Assignment
This weeks assignment was to prepare drafts of my final project summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5,minute less than 25 MB),put them in your root directory, and check that they are linked in the final presentation schedule. this is to upload some thing to the root file so that it gets updated .
Presentation Slide
This was made using canva and the image was converted to line drawing using chat GPT Prompt : convert this image to line drawing I took the image from fusion 360 and some basic edits were made using GIMP.
Presentation video
This video was made using microsoft clipchamp, the video was imported into clipchamp and then edited using clipchamp the needed text was added and transitions were added .