Jacobs School of Engineering undergrads in the MAE 3 class this
quarter had their robot competition today over in the basketball courts at the
old gym (check out the sweet pano-photo on the MAE3 course site linked above).
We caught some of the students carting (literally) their robots, and plastic
monkey trees and monkey cages across Warren Mall. The name of the robot
contest? “Planet
of the Apes Robot Contest.”
Zach Johnson, a sophomore bioengineering major, was part of Team
Catastrophe…though the robot competition was anything but for him. He and
sophomore bioengineer Jeff Lim, from Team
Hazard, agreed that the robot competition was a great finals week project,
especially since their grades were not riding on their, or their robots’
performance. Students were evaluated last week based on their robot
effectiveness.
Check out YouTube
videos of all the teams, including Team
Hazard’s perfect run!
We also ran into (and photographed) two of the section tutors for the class, Sara Taghizadeh (below), a senior mechanical engineering major, and Sam Jafarian (behind the cart), a second year mechanical engineering major who joked back and forth with each other as a crowd of pre- and post-exam students passed by their big cart loaded down more robots, trees and plastic-monkey cages.
This course introduces the fundamentals of engineering
graphics and the design. Emphasis is placed on applying engineering tools to
design and fabrication of working machines. Course material will be centered
around two projects:
Model Clock Project (2.5 weeks): Students will use AutoCAD
to design an escapement wheel and pendulum for a model clock, and make the
model using shop tools.
Robot Design Project (7.5 weeks): Teams of students will
design and build a machine for a competition using DC motors, solenoids, and
fabrication tools.
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