Overview
Overview
Overview
Students will work by individually to produce a themed magnetic-based soft robotic dancer. Students will utilize Arduino IDE, electromagnets, and silicone molding to produce their dancers. Creativity is incentivized and encouraged in students by providing additional points for novel or creative designs.
This report has been written into a peer-reviewed Conference paper. For further details into the curricular context of this particular project, please refer to the paper [1].
Course Implementation
Potential Course(s) Implemented:
- First-year Engineering course
- Sophomore-year Engineering course
Fundemental Engineering Concept(s): Electricity and Magnetism
Pre-requisite coure(s)/topic(s) needed: Electricity and Magnetism
Expected Timeline: 10-12 Weeks
Learning Outcomes:
- Use parametric design within the field of soft robotics
- Gain the ability to create molds where silicone can then be poured into to create their tube man.
- Analyze stress-strain relationships to determine their specifications.
- Manipulate the current and voltage sent to the electromagnets.
- Calculate the strength of the electromagnets using the Biot-Savart Law.
Theory Application
Understand the acutation principle and underlying engineering theory applies to this project.
Project Description
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Sample Prototype
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Contributors
William Heil-Heintz / Jacob Wojcicki / Matthew Mastej / Jason Merrill