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Photo Design: Assignment 2

For assignment 2 in Photo Design, we were instructed to evoke emotion through pictures. This assignment did not go very well for me, but the …

Photo Design: Assignment 1

This assignment dictated that we shoot in the ‘German Style.’ The following is my most indicative shot. Opening a package.

MonkeyBot, Ready to Swing

The structural failures have been remedied and MonkeyBot back in action. We’ve had the bot swing around some and the servos are better than I …

Flight Logging

The group will be instituting flight logging from this point forward. The log will be available as a Google spreadsheet. Flight Logs

Full Assembly and Failure

After getting in a few of the remaining pieces, the team put together the remainder of MonkeyBot.Arm Assembly Detail We were eager to see the bot …

CMUQuadrotor Introduction Video

We’ve spent the last week working away on the quadrotor, getting stable mode up and running and getting some serious flight time in. Here’s what we’ve …

Quadrotor Landing Pad

Here’s a landing pad made for Quadrotor:

Quadrotor Renders

I took some time to model the quadrotor in SolidWorks and rendered a few shots. The following are the results: For later branding purposes:

MonkeyBot, in Plastic

The body and passive claw for MonkeyBot have been laser cut and partially assembled.The following are photos of the parts and the passive claw. All the …

MonkeyBot, in Pixels

This Thursday’s meeting was particularly productive. The body group and passive claw group finalized their designs for laser cutting tomorrow. The Mechanical Engineering Shop got …