Assignment: Design a shield that will protect the chassis electronics from 17 and 42mm projectiles.

The shield was originally designed to be vacuum-formed for easier assembly and removal, but that plan fell through due to time constraints.

As a backup plan, my assignment was to create a segmented shield made of panels that could be removed one by one for easy electronics access. 

This was my first time using the Configurations feature on Solidworks to create a lot of brackets with slightly varying angles. There were about a dozen brackets in 4 angle variations. 

Polycarbonate was chosen as the material for the shield pieces due to its ability to withstand a lot of force, making it resistant to shattering. I waterjet it in the on-campus machine shop, as it's incredibly precise.

Assignment: Design a mounting system for the slip-ring, allowing independent yaw rotation

This design allowed the turret to stay stationary while the chassis rotated at high speeds to avoid key points from being hit.

Through multiple design iterations, mounting the pulley system to the top plate rather than the bottom plate was chosen to allow for ample electronics space.

This design consisted of a 2-motor pulley with a 1-to-1 ratio.

Haptic Shoulder V2 Project

Started with the development for testing motor response to torque, to find the lowest torque that can be sensed by the Franka Panda surgical robots. This included minimal CAD design, but I did get experience working with Maxon motors, wiring and electronics, and using motor controllers, specifically O-Drives.

Current responsibilities include data collection, analysis, and paper writing.

Haptic Shoulder V1: Rendering Biomechanically Accurate Joint Limits