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Skills

3D Printing, Laser cutting, Machining (lathe + mill)
Engineering drawing, FEA, Solidworks, Material Selection for Manufacturing

Team member

Lucy Cheung, Nicole Samba, Kyle Schaeppi, Vimalesh Vasu

Role

Mechanical design, Fabrication and Machining, Stress Analysis

Gripper

Engineering Design

The goal of this project is to design a light-weight gripper that can grip an object of substantial weight under dynamic motion of swinging.


Working demo


Engineering Drawing and Analysis


Iterations

Iteration One

This iteraction passed the nominal test, which opens and closes and holds the object in place.

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Iteration Two

This iteraction passed the dynamic test, which grips the object while swinging 180 degrees without slipping.

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Material selection

Material selection
Material selection